Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

फुल्लग्रामसमीपे च तथा क्षीरसरोंतिके । धर्म पुष्करिणीतीरे सोऽतप्यत महत्तपः

Transliteration

phullagrāmasamīpe ca tathā kṣīrasaroṃtike | dharma puṣkariṇītīre so'tapyata mahattapaḥ

Translation

قرب قرية فُلّا، وكذلك بجوار البحيرة المسماة كْشِيرا-سارَس، وعلى ضفة دارما-بوشكاريني، قام بتقشّفٍ عظيم.

Word by Word

• फुल्लग्रामसमीपे: near Phullagrāma
• फुल्लग्रामसमीपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फुल्लग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (फुल्लग्रामस्य समीपे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• क्षीरसरः: of the Milk-lake
• क्षीरसरः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीरसरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (पदं ‘…अन्तिके’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धे)

• अन्तिके: near
• अन्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• धर्म: Dharma (name/epithet)
• धर्म: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; संबोधन/प्रथमा-प्रयोगः (पाठभेदे ‘धर्मः’)

• पुष्करिणीतीरे: on the bank of the pond
• पुष्करिणीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुष्करिण्याः तीरे)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अतप्यत: performed austerity
• अतप्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘तपः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīra-saras and Dharma-puṣkariṇī (near Phulla)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lush sacred pond (puṣkariṇī) with lotus blooms, a nearby milky-hued lake (Kṣīra-saras) shimmering, small village huts of Phulla in the distance, and Gālava performing tapas under a tree on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Phulla-grāma
• Kṣīra-saras
• Dharma-puṣkariṇī
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy waters and disciplined tapas together form a Purāṇic pathway: place supports practice, and practice reveals the place’s deeper power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharma-puṣkariṇī and the nearby Kṣīra-saras within the Setu sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted; the verse implies choosing sanctified banks/ponds as a seat for spiritual discipline.