Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कुण्डतः पूर्वदिग्भागे धनुषां पञ्चविंशतौ । रुक्मिणी संस्थिता देवी सर्वपातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

kuṇḍataḥ pūrvadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ pañcaviṃśatau | rukmiṇī saṃsthitā devī sarvapātakanāśinī

Translation

إلى جهة الشرق من الكُنْدَة المقدّسة، على مسافة خمسٍ وعشرين من أطوال الدهنوش، تقيم الإلهة رُكْمِنِي هناك، مُبيدةً لكل الآثام.

Word by Word

• कुण्डतः: from the pond
• कुण्डतः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Ablative

• पूर्वदिग्भागे: in the eastern region
• पूर्वदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वायाः दिशः भागः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (measure)

• पञ्चविंशतौ: at (a distance of) twenty-five
• पञ्चविंशतौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative (distance: 'at twenty-five')

• रुक्मिणी: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्थिता: situated, established
• संस्थिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्था (कृदन्त; सम् + √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to रुक्मिणी

• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणि पातकानि नाशयति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-sthāna (east of Taptodaka-kuṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine to Goddess Rukmiṇī stands east of the steaming kuṇḍa; she is portrayed as auspicious, golden-hued, bestowing purity and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Kuṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence in a tīrtha is not abstract—specific places of darśana are declared as direct means for the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Rukmiṇī-sthāna located east of a sacred kuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse primarily gives sacred location and the फल (benefit): sarvapātaka-nāśa.