Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततस्तुष्टमना देवस्तीर्थानां दशकोटिकाः । स स्मृत्वा तत्र विधिवत्क्षिप्त्वा स्नात्वा वरानने

Transliteration

tatastuṣṭamanā devastīrthānāṃ daśakoṭikāḥ | sa smṛtvā tatra vidhivatkṣiptvā snātvā varānane

Translation

Then the god, pleased in heart, remembered the ten crores of tīrthas; and there, O fair-faced one, having duly offered the oblations and bathed, he performed the rite in proper order.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमवाचक

• तुष्ट-मना: having a pleased mind
• तुष्ट-मना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः (तुष्टं मनः यस्य सः) — ‘देवः’ इति विशेषणम्

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred fords/holy places
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• दश-कोटिकाः: ten crores (of them)
• दश-कोटिकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (दश कोटयः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकालिक), ‘सः’ कर्तृकः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• विधिवत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• क्षिप्त्वा: having thrown/cast (offerings)
• क्षिप्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकालिक)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकालिक)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (प्रथमा-सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (with vocative address suggesting the narration is framed toward Umā/Devī as listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānane (addressed ‘O fair-faced one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant deity at Prabhāsa stands by sacred waters, eyes softened with satisfaction, performing orderly rites—remembering countless tīrthas, offering water, then bathing as attendants hold vessels and cloth.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa, contextual)
• Tīrthas (daśakoṭi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed tīrtha-rites—done with remembrance and rule—concentrate vast sacred merit, as though many tīrthas are present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the context of Taptodakuṇḍa, portrayed as connected to innumerable tīrthas (daśakoṭi).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat snāna (bathing according to injunction) and kṣepana (casting/placing offerings—contextually likely water-oblations or ritual offerings) are indicated.