Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि संक्षेपेण च वोऽग्रतः । तत्फलं कोटितीर्थे तु उज्जयिन्यां महालये

Transliteration

tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepeṇa ca vo'grataḥ | tatphalaṃ koṭitīrthe tu ujjayinyāṃ mahālaye

Translation

سأبيّن لكم الآن، بإيجازٍ ووضوح، ثوابَ تلك الممارسة. وثمرتُها كأنها تُنال في كوتيتيرثا (Koṭitīrtha) بأُجّايِني (Ujjayinī) عند المعبد العظيم المقدّس.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will declare
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• संक्षेपेण: briefly
• संक्षेपेण: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (briefly)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; ‘to you/for you’

• अग्रतः: before (you) / in your presence
• अग्रतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय/निपात; ‘अग्र’ आधार)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/समयवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (in front/before)

• तत्फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्फलम्: Karma/Topic (कर्म/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-फल (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: तत् + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे ‘that result’

• कोटितीर्थे: at Koṭitīrtha
• कोटितीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: कोटि + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• उज्जयिन्याम्: in Ujjayinī
• उज्जयिन्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महालये: at the great shrine/temple
• महालये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महालय (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: महा + आलय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha (Ujjayinī)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-s (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator proclaims the fruit of the Dvādaśī vigil, visually juxtaposing Dvārakā worship with a vision of Ujjayinī’s Koṭitīrtha and the great shrine (Mahākāla/Mahālaya) as a symbolic equivalence of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• Ujjayinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly performed vow can yield tīrtha-like results, equating home/temple worship with the merit of renowned pilgrimage sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha at Ujjayinī (Ujjain), described as a great sacred seat (mahālaya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse introduces an explanation of the fruit (phala) of the previously described Dvādaśī night vigil and offerings.