Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच । तीर्थमन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि क्षीरोदकमिति स्मृतम् । सीताकुण्डाच्च वायव्ये वर्त्तते गुणसुन्दरम् । पुण्यैकनिचयस्थानं सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | tīrthamanyatpravakṣyāmi kṣīrodakamiti smṛtam | sītākuṇḍācca vāyavye varttate guṇasundaram | puṇyaikanicayasthānaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam

Translation

Dijo Agastya: Describiré otro tīrtha, recordado con el nombre de «Kṣīrodaka». Al noroeste de Sītākuṇḍa se halla, hermoso por sus cualidades auspiciosas: morada donde se acumula el mérito y destructor de toda aflicción.

Word by Word

• agastyaḥ: Agastya
• agastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tīrtham: a sacred ford/place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• anyat: another
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tīrtham)

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall describe
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kṣīra-udakam: milk-like water; ‘Kṣīrodaka’
• kṣīra-udakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—क्षीरं यद् उदकम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देश/उद्धरण-अव्यय (quotative)

• smṛtam: is known/called
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate: ‘is called/remembered’)

• sītā-kuṇḍāt: from Sītā’s pond
• sītā-kuṇḍāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sītāyāḥ kuṇḍāt)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vāyavye: in the northwest
• vāyavye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (दिशावाचक), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; दिक्-विशेषः (northwest)

• varttate: exists/is situated
• varttate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• guṇa-sundaram: beautiful with virtues
• guṇa-sundaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sundara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tīrtham/kṣīrodakam)

• puṇya-eka-nicaya-sthānam: a place that is a single storehouse of merit
• puṇya-eka-nicaya-sthānam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + nicaya (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—पुण्यानाम् एकः निचयः यस्मिन् तत् स्थानम्; विशेषणम्

• sarva-duḥkha-vināśanam: destroyer of all sorrow
• sarva-duḥkha-vināśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सर्वेषां दुःखानां विनाशनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrodaka

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Agastya, seated in a hermitage setting, points out a luminous tīrtha called Kṣīrodaka; the water appears milky-bright, with lotuses and gentle ripples; a path leads northwest from Sītākuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Kṣīrodaka
• Sītākuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a dharmic map: approaching the right tīrtha with faith gathers puṇya and removes duḥkha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīrodaka tīrtha, situated northwest of Sītākuṇḍa in the Ayodhyā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite yet—this verse introduces the tīrtha and its location and praise.