Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सरश्चकार देवेशो भगवान्पार्वतीपतिः । सुमृष्टनिर्मलजलं नलिनीदलशोभितम्

Transliteration

saraścakāra deveśo bhagavānpārvatīpatiḥ | sumṛṣṭanirmalajalaṃ nalinīdalaśobhitam

Translation

Le Seigneur des dieux — Bhagavān, l’époux de Pārvatī — créa un lac, aux eaux limpides et parfaitement purifiées, embelli par des feuilles de lotus.

Word by Word

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

• चकार: made, created
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेशः: Lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• पार्वतीपतिः: husband of Pārvatī
• पार्वतीपतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती- + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• सुमृष्टनिर्मलजलम्: having well-cleansed, pure water
• सुमृष्टनिर्मलजलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + मृष्ट + निर्मल + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (सरः इत्यस्य)

• नलिनीदलशोभितम्: adorned with lotus-leaves
• नलिनीदलशोभितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नलिनी- + दल + शोभित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘शोभित’; विशेषण (सरः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Dvārakā Māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādeva-saras (implied; named explicitly in v.14.32)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Pārvatīpati) manifests a pristine lake; the water is crystal-clear, the surface ringed with lotus leaves, suggesting a newly consecrated sacred tank in a coastal Dvārakā setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is portrayed as divinely instituted—tīrthas arise by the will of Śiva for the welfare of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The divinely created lake that will be identified as Mahādeva-saras in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s divine origin and sanctity.