Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति संजातमर्बुदेऽस्मिंस्त्रिपुष्करम्

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti saṃjātamarbude'smiṃstripuṣkaram

Translation

Von da an entstand hier, in diesem Arbuda, Tripuṣkara.

Word by Word

• ततः: from then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from then)

• प्रभृति: onwards, since
• प्रभृति: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: आदिवाचक-अव्यय (since, starting from)

• संजातम्: arose, came into being
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (त्रिपुष्करस्य)

• अर्बुदे: in Arbuda (mountain/region)
• अर्बुदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (अर्बुदे)

• त्रिपुष्करम्: Tripuṣkara (the three Puṣkaras)
• त्रिपुष्करम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि पुष्कराणि)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuṣkara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A caption-like tableau: the Arbuda landscape with a newly named Tripuṣkara lake, marked as ‘from that time onward’.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda
• Tripuṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas ground holiness in sacred history—places become tīrthas through divine events remembered in tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Tripuṣkara in the Arbuda region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an etiological (origin) declaration.