Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

ततः शंखाभिधं तीर्थं ततो यामुनतीर्थकम् । गंगातीर्थं ततः पश्चाद्गयातीर्थमनन्तरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ śaṃkhābhidhaṃ tīrthaṃ tato yāmunatīrthakam | gaṃgātīrthaṃ tataḥ paścādgayātīrthamanantaram

Translation

Vient ensuite le tīrtha nommé Śaṅkha ; puis le Yāmunā-tīrtha. Après cela vient le Gaṅgā-tīrtha, et aussitôt après le Gayā-tīrtha.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• शंखाभिधम्: named ‘Śaṅkha’
• शंखाभिधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + abhidhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-भावः — ‘शंख इति अभिधा यस्य’ (named ‘Śaṅkha’) ; विशेषणम् ‘तीर्थम्’ प्रति

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• यामुनतीर्थकम्: Yāmunā tīrtha
• यामुनतीर्थकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāmunā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrthaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘यामुनायाः तीर्थकम्’

• गंगातीर्थम्: Gaṅgā tīrtha
• गंगातीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘गंगायाः तीर्थम्’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — afterwards

• गयातीर्थम्: Gayā tīrtha
• गयातीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘गयायाः तीर्थम्’

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after; next
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक) — immediately after; next

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkha-tīrtha; Yāmunā-tīrtha; Gaṅgā-tīrtha; Gayā-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic map-like tableau: four adjacent ghāṭas/ponds each bearing an emblem—Śaṅkha (conch) at Śaṅkha-tīrtha; dark-blue river ribbon motif for Yamunā; luminous white-blue stream motif for Gaṅgā; and a piṇḍa/śrāddha offering scene near Gayā-tīrtha—set against the Setu coastal horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• Yāmunā-tīrtha
• Gaṅgā-tīrtha
• Gayā-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Setu is presented as a sacred microcosm of India’s tīrtha-network, concentrating the merits of famed rivers and pilgrimage centers into one landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkha-tīrtha, Yāmunā-tīrtha, Gaṅgā-tīrtha, and Gayā-tīrtha as stations within the Setu pilgrimage circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-snāna/visitation; the verse lists the sites without additional procedural details.