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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तपस्तप्तं पुरा यत्र वसिष्ठेन समाश्रितात् । तस्माद्वटवनात्पुण्यादुदुम्बरवनं गता । मेरुपादे च तत्रैव तण्डिर्यत्रा तपत्तपः

Transliteration

tapastaptaṃ purā yatra vasiṣṭhena samāśritāt | tasmādvaṭavanātpuṇyādudumbaravanaṃ gatā | merupāde ca tatraiva taṇḍiryatrā tapattapaḥ

Translation

Dort, in alter Zeit, vollzog Vasiṣṭha, der dort Wohnung genommen hatte, seine Askese (tapas). Von diesem verdienstvollen Vaṭavana ging sie weiter in den Udumbara-Hain. Und ebendort, auf Merupāda, ist die Stätte, an der Taṇḍi seinen tapas übte.

Word by Word
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative singular (here object of तप्तम्)
तप्तम्performed (lit. heated)
तप्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate within relative clause/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootतप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc singular (agreeing with तपः)
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक) — adverb ‘formerly’
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक) — relative adverb ‘where’
वसिष्ठेनby Vasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठेन:
Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental singular
समाश्रितात्from the place resorted to
समाश्रितात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + आ + श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular (qualifying implied स्थानात्/वनात्)
तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी, एकवचन — Ablative singular (pronoun)
वटवनात्from the banyan-grove
वटवनात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootवटवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular
पुण्यात्holy
पुण्यात्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular (qualifying वटवनात्)
उदुम्बरवनम्the udumbara (cluster-fig) grove
उदुम्बरवनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउदुम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (उदुम्बराणां वनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular
गताwent
गता:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular
मेरुपादेin Merupāda
मेरुपादे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमेरुपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative singular
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb of place
एवindeed
एव:
Niyamaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारण) — emphatic particle
तण्डिःTaṇḍi (sage)
तण्डिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतण्डि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक) — relative adverb ‘where’
तपत्performing (austerity)
तपत्:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootतप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular (agreeing with तण्डिः)
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭavana; Udumbara-vana; Taṇḍi-tapas-sthāna (Merupāda)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred banyan grove where Vasiṣṭha once performed austerities; Sarasvatī moves onward to an udumbara grove; nearby, a marked spot at Merupāda commemorates Taṇḍi’s intense tapas.

Characters & Entities
V
Vasiṣṭha
V
Vaṭavana
U
Udumbaravana
M
Merupāda
T
Taṇḍi

FAQs

Holy places gain enduring sanctity through the tapas of great ṛṣis, making the landscape itself a treasury of merit.

Vaṭavana and Udumbaravana, with Merupāda noted as a tapas-site associated with Taṇḍi.

No direct prescription is stated; the verse emphasizes the sanctifying power of austerities performed at these sites.

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