Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रभासं च ब्रह्मावर्तं तथैव च । तिस्रःकोट्योऽर्द्धकोटिश्च यानि तीर्थानि भूतले

Transliteration

kurukṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ ca brahmāvartaṃ tathaiva ca | tisraḥkoṭyo'rddhakoṭiśca yāni tīrthāni bhūtale

Translation

وكوروكشيترا، وبرابهاسا، وكذلك براهماآفرتا—بل إن جميع التيِرثات على وجه الأرض، وعددها ثلاث كرور ونصف كرور، تُعَدّ هنا.

Word by Word

• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Karta (Enumerated subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (place-name)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karta (Enumerated subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (place-name)

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

• ब्रह्मावर्तम्: Brahmāvarta
• ब्रह्मावर्तम्: Karta (Enumerated subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + आवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (place-name)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

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

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karta (Quantifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• कोट्यः: crores
• कोट्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अर्ध-कोटिः: a half-crore
• अर्ध-कोटिः: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘half-crore’)

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

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration typically in Skanda’s voice within a māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda as Sarva-tīrtha-saṅgraha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: Kurukṣetra, Prabhāsa, Brahmāvarta and countless tīrthas appear as luminous emblems orbiting the Arbuda mountain, suggesting 3.5 crores of sacred crossings gathered into one.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra
• Prabhāsa
• Brahmāvarta
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All tīrthas are to be revered as concentrated sources of puṇya; the text amplifies their sanctity through sacred enumeration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kurukṣetra, Prabhāsa, and Brahmāvarta are named explicitly, while the verse also gestures to the totality of earth’s tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as māhātmya-style glorification through listing of tīrthas.