Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततः साध्वी परं हृष्टा अत्र क्षेत्रे सरोवरम् । चकार सुमहत्पुण्यं तीर्थोदैः परिपूरितम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sādhvī paraṃ hṛṣṭā atra kṣetre sarovaram | cakāra sumahatpuṇyaṃ tīrthodaiḥ paripūritam

Translation

Alors cette femme vertueuse, transportée de joie, créa en ce lieu sacré un vaste lac, très saint, rempli des eaux des tīrtha.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then’

• sādhvī: the virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘साध्वी’ (virtuous woman)

• param: very, exceedingly
• param: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (अत्यर्थे) — ‘exceedingly/very’

• hṛṣṭā: delighted
• hṛṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √hṛṣ (धातु) ; ‘hṛṣṭa’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘हृष्टा’ (delighted)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘here’

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/region
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• sarovaram: a lake
• sarovaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarovara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• cakāra: made, created
• cakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sumahatpuṇyam: very great and holy
• sumahatpuṇyam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (सरovarम्) — ‘सुमहत्’ (very great) + ‘पुण्य’ (holy)

• tīrthodaiḥ: with sacred waters
• tīrthodaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण — ‘तीर्थ-उदक’ (water of sacred fords)

• paripūritam: completely filled
• paripūritam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari- (उपसर्ग) + √pṝ (धातु, पूरणे) ; ‘pūrita’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (सरovarम्) — ‘परिपूरितम्’ (completely filled)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahalyā-saras (Ahalyā’s lake)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā, radiant and joyful, gestures as a vast lake manifests in the sacred field; streams symbolically representing many tīrthas pour into it, while sages and devas witness the consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Ahalyā
• Ahalyāsaras
• Tīrtha-waters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purified intent expresses itself as loka-hita—creating a tīrtha that benefits others becomes a highly meritorious act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ahalyāsaras, the sacred lake created in the kṣetra and filled with tīrtha-waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction; it establishes the tīrtha’s sanctity by describing its creation and sacred composition.