Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मांडोत्तरमध्ये तु यानि तीर्थानि संति वै । तेषां पुण्यमवाप्नोति ब्रह्मकुण्डे प्रदक्षिणात्

Transliteration

brahmāṃḍottaramadhye tu yāni tīrthāni saṃti vai | teṣāṃ puṇyamavāpnoti brahmakuṇḍe pradakṣiṇāt

Translation

Whatever holy places exist in the upper and middle regions of the cosmos—one attains the merit of them all by circumambulating Brahmakuṇḍa.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माण्डोत्तरमध्ये: in the northern middle part of the Brahmāṇḍa
• ब्रह्माण्डोत्तरमध्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड-उत्तर-मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्माण्डस्य उत्तरस्य मध्ये)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: at/in Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः कुण्डः)

• प्रदक्षिणात्: from (doing) circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणात्: Apadana (Ablative/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablative of cause/source)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and sages circumambulate the stepped Brahmakuṇḍa in a clockwise flow; above them, faint celestial vignettes of many tīrthas appear like a mandala, implying all-worlds merit gathered here.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Brahmāṇḍa (cosmos)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused devotion at a supreme tīrtha can yield the aggregated merit of many pilgrimages, emphasizing intensity and sacred centrality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa, elevated as a tīrtha whose pradakṣiṇā grants vast merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā—ritual circumambulation of Brahmakuṇḍa.