Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

कोटिरेका च तीर्थानां ब्रह्मकुण्डे व्यवस्थिता । तथा च वैष्णवे कुण्डे कोटिरेका प्रकीर्तिता

Transliteration

koṭirekā ca tīrthānāṃ brahmakuṇḍe vyavasthitā | tathā ca vaiṣṇave kuṇḍe koṭirekā prakīrtitā

Translation

في برهمَا-كُندَة تقيم تيَرثاتٌ تفوق كُوطيًا (كروْرًا) بلا قياس؛ وكذلك في فايشنَفا-كُندَة يُعلَن أيضًا «كُوطيٌ وزيادة».

Word by Word

• कोटिरेका: one crore (ten million)
• कोटिरेका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + एका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) (संख्या/गणना) इति

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred places
• तीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: in Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्यवस्थिता: is situated
• व्यवस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोगे (is situated)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैष्णवे: in the Vaiṣṇava (pond)
• वैष्णवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) कुण्डे इति

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कोटिरेका: one crore
• कोटिरेका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + एका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रकीर्तिता: is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि/भावे (is proclaimed)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-kuṇḍa; Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two sacred ponds labeled Brahmā-kuṇḍa and Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa, each shimmering with miniature symbolic presences of many tīrthas—tiny river emblems, lotuses, and deity signs; pilgrims circumambulate with lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sacred spot can concentrate the merit of countless tīrthas, making pilgrimage spiritually efficient and profound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa and Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not stated explicitly; the verse magnifies the kuṇḍas’ tīrtha-density, implying the value of snāna and worship there.