Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तिलोत्तमोवाच । अहमत्र करिष्यामि क्षेत्रे तीर्थं निजं शुभे । त्वत्प्रसादेन तद्देवि यातु ख्यातिं धरातले

Transliteration

tilottamovāca | ahamatra kariṣyāmi kṣetre tīrthaṃ nijaṃ śubhe | tvatprasādena taddevi yātu khyātiṃ dharātale

Translation

Tilottamā sprach: „O glückverheißende Devī, hier in diesem heiligen Kṣetra werde ich mein eigenes Tīrtha errichten. Durch deine Gnade, o Göttin, möge dieses Tīrtha auf Erden berühmt werden.“

Word by Word

• तिलोत्तमः: Tilottama (name)
• तिलोत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• करिष्यामि: I will do/make
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a pilgrimage place/ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तीर्थम्)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वत्-प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'your grace')

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied subject)

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

• यातु: may it go/attain
• यातु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Tilottamā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tilottamā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tilottamā, radiant apsaras, stands within a verdant sacred precinct, palms joined, addressing Devī; a nascent water-spot/kuṇḍa is indicated as the future tīrtha, while celestial light suggests divine approval and impending renown.

Characters & Entities

• Tilottamā
• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Blessings should be converted into lokahita (public good): establishing a tīrtha turns personal grace into a lasting benefit for the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha to be founded by Tilottamā in this kṣetra; its identity and observances are clarified in the subsequent verses of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-pratiṣṭhā is implied: the founding/establishment of a sacred bathing place within a kṣetra.