Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अग्नितीर्थे ऋषीणां तु कोटिः साग्रा स्थिता शुभे । रुद्रेश्वरे स्मृतं लक्षं कंपर्द्दीशे तथैव च

Transliteration

agnitīrthe ṛṣīṇāṃ tu koṭiḥ sāgrā sthitā śubhe | rudreśvare smṛtaṃ lakṣaṃ kaṃparddīśe tathaiva ca

Translation

অগ্নিতীৰ্থৰ শুভ স্থানে এক কোটিৰো অধিক ঋষি স্থিত আছে। ৰুদ্ৰেশ্বৰত লক্ষ স্মৃত, আৰু তদ্ৰূপে কম্পৰ্ড্ডীশতো।

Word by Word

• अग्नितीर्थे: at Agni-tīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नितीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• तु: indeed, however
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• साग्रा: and more (with an additional amount)
• साग्रा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective to कोटिः (‘with an excess/over and above’)

• स्थिता: is situated, is present
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agreeing with कोटिः

• शुभे: in the auspicious (place)
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; used as locative epithet (‘in the auspicious [place]’)

• रुद्रेश्वरे: at Rudreśvara
• रुद्रेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• स्मृतम्: is said, is recorded
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is remembered/said’

• लक्षम्: a lakh (100,000)
• लक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (as number) one hundred thousand

• कंपर्द्दीशे: at Kaṃparddīśa
• कंपर्द्दीशे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंपर्द्दीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha; Rudreśvara; Kaṃparddīśa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seeker/ṛṣi interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims moving along a coastal route: first a fire-associated water spot (Agnitīrtha) with ritual bathing, then two Śiva shrines (Rudreśvara, Kaṃparddīśa) with ascetics gathered; each node marked by distinct iconography.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Ṛṣis
• Rudreśvara
• Kaṃparddīśa
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are living spiritual ecosystems—sustained by the presence and austerity of sages and siddhas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha, Rudreśvara, and Kaṃparddīśa within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction; the verse functions as tīrtha-stuti by describing the sanctifying presence of ṛṣis.