Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

अष्टोत्तरशतं वापि तदर्धार्धं तदर्धकम् । यः करोति नरो देवि सृष्ट्वा तत्र प्रदक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

aṣṭottaraśataṃ vāpi tadardhārdhaṃ tadardhakam | yaḥ karoti naro devi sṛṣṭvā tatra pradakṣiṇām

Translation

হে দেবী, তাত যি নৰে একশ আঠটা প্ৰদক্ষিণা কৰে—অথবা তাৰ আধা, বা পুনৰ তাৰ আধা—আৰু সেই স্থানত প্ৰদক্ষিণা সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰে—

Word by Word

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट-उत्तर-शत (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + उत्तर + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्या-समास (108)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विकल्पार्थ

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• तदर्धार्धम्: a quarter of that
• तदर्धार्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-अर्ध-अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + अर्ध + अर्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य अर्धस्य अर्धम् = quarter of that)

• तदर्धकम्: half of that
• तदर्धकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-अर्धक (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + अर्धक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य अर्धकम् = half of that)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• करोति: does/makes
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सृष्ट्वा: having made/after performing
• सृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; परस्मैपदी-धातोः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; addressing a Devi within the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīsthālaka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee repeatedly circumambulates the shrine path, counting on a mālā; groups complete 108 rounds, while elders perform 54 or 27; the path is marked with lamps and flower petals.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Pradakṣiṇā
• 108

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even reduced observances, when sincerely completed, retain spiritual potency within a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers back to Sāvitrī-sthala within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform 108 pradakṣiṇās, or 54, or 27, completing the circumambulation rite at the sacred spot.