Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अत्रैव चानयिष्यामि जंबूद्वीपोद्भवानि च । सर्वतीर्थानि राजेन्द्र मन्त्रशक्त्या न संशयः

Transliteration

atraiva cānayiṣyāmi jaṃbūdvīpodbhavāni ca | sarvatīrthāni rājendra mantraśaktyā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“Right here, O lord of kings, I shall bring all the sacred tīrthas that arise in Jambūdvīpa—by the power of mantra, without any doubt.”

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

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

• आनयिष्यामि: I will bring
• आनयिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• जंबूद्वीपोद्भवानि: originating from Jambūdvīpa
• जंबूद्वीपोद्भवानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जंबूद्वीप + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied objects: tīrthāni)

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

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all sacred fords/pilgrimage-places
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• मन्त्रशक्त्या: by the power of mantra
• मन्त्रशक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaśa (context from preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha-saṅgama (implied, created by mantra at the local jalāśaya)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nimi (addressed as rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomāśa stands by a sacred waterbody, chanting; streams or symbolic personifications of rivers/tīrthas appear converging into one place, while the king watches in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Jambūdvīpa
• sarva-tīrtha (all tīrthas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra, when wielded by a realized sage, can manifest sacred potency, concentrating pilgrimage merit in one place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jambū Tīrtha is presented as a locus where all Jambūdvīpa tīrthas can converge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-based invocation/consecration is implied; the beneficiary rite is bathing in the sanctified waters.