Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तीर्थकोटिभिराकीर्णं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । लिंगस्य पतनं श्रुत्वा महादुःखेन संवृताः

Transliteration

tīrthakoṭibhirākīrṇaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam | liṃgasya patanaṃ śrutvā mahāduḥkhena saṃvṛtāḥ

Translation

Der Ort war von Krotis an Tīrthas erfüllt, rein und sündenvernichtend. Als sie vom Herabfallen des Liṅga hörten, wurden sie von großem Kummer überwältigt.

Word by Word

• तीर्थकोटिभिः: by crores of tīrthas
• तीर्थकोटिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थाणां कोटयः)

• आकीर्णम्: filled, crowded
• आकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√कॄ (कॄ/किर् धातु ‘to scatter/fill’) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण (—filled, crowded)

• पवित्रम्: pure, sacred
• पवित्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य नाशनम्)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पतनम्: falling, downfall
• पतनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having heard’

• महादुःखेन: with great sorrow
• महादुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् दुःखम्)

• संवृताः: were overwhelmed, enveloped
• संवृताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√वृ (वृञ् धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘covered/overwhelmed’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed implicitly by ‘देवि’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast coastal sacred field crowded with many tīrthas; devas and sages react in grief as news spreads that the supreme liṅga has fallen; the atmosphere is heavy, ritual lamps dimmed, waves and wind echoing lament.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha-koṭis
• liṅga-patana
• devas (implied listeners in narrative)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in supremely purifying places, divine events evoke reverence and grief, underscoring the cosmic importance of the liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha-filled sacred zone associated with Saṃgāleśvara/Gupta Prayāga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes purity (pavitra) and sin-destruction (pāpanāśana) as the site’s inherent power.