Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

वरुणश्च ततो दृष्ट्वा पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । चकार च सरो दिव्यं विष्णुभक्तिसमन्वितः

Transliteration

varuṇaśca tato dṛṣṭvā puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | cakāra ca saro divyaṃ viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin erschuf Varuṇa, als er jene heiligen Stätten erblickte, auch einen göttlichen See, erfüllt von Hingabe an Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• varuṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time/Place adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-शब्दः, अव्यय; क्रम/स्थानवाचक (then/from there)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: दृश् (दर्शने)

• puṇyāni: holy
• puṇyāni: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (आयतनानि)

• āyatanāni: abodes/shrines
• āyatanāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• cakāra: made/created
• cakāra: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: कृ (करणे)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saraḥ: a lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सरः)

• viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ: endowed with devotion to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu-bhakti + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समास: विष्णु-भक्ति-समन्वित (विष्णुभक्त्या समन्वितः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇa-kṛta divya-saras (name not specified in verse)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Varuṇa, lord of waters, beholds the holy abodes and manifests a radiant lake; Vaiṣṇava symbols subtly appear—tulasī, śaṅkha, cakra motifs—signifying Viṣṇu-bhakti infused into the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic deities honor tīrtha-dharma; devotion to Viṣṇu inspires the establishment of sacred places for the world’s welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varuṇa’s divine lake, introduced here and named Varuṇapada in the next verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription in this verse; it narrates the tīrtha’s origin and devotional character (Viṣṇu-bhakti).