Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तदा सर्वाणि तीर्थानि क्षेत्रारण्याश्रमैः सह । वाराणसीप्रयागादि सरांसि सिन्धवो नगाः

Transliteration

tadā sarvāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāraṇyāśramaiḥ saha | vārāṇasīprayāgādi sarāṃsi sindhavo nagāḥ

Translation

Alors tous les tīrthas—avec les régions sacrées, les forêts et les āśramas—y compris Vārāṇasī, Prayāga et les autres; les lacs, les fleuves et les montagnes, tous frémirent en écho.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of तीर्थानि)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• क्षेत्र-अरण्य-आश्रमैः: with sacred fields, forests, and hermitages
• क्षेत्र-अरण्य-आश्रमैः: Sahakari/Associative (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समासः

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (postposition: 'with')

• वाराणसी-प्रयाग-आदि: Vārāṇasī, Prayāga and others
• वाराणसी-प्रयाग-आदि: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collection: 'Vārāṇasī, Prayāga, etc.')

• सरांसि: lakes
• सरांसि: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सिन्धवः: rivers
• सिन्धवः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नगाः: mountains
• नगाः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha-sammelana (all tīrthas collectively) with exemplars Kāśī and Prayāga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the narrative; implicitly all tīrthas as dramatis personae

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand allegorical panorama where rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, āśramas, and famed cities appear as living beings or deities assembling—Kāśī and Prayāga identifiable—turning their gaze toward the western sea where Dvārakā shines.

Characters & Entities

• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
• Prayāga
• tīrthas
• āśramas
• rivers
• mountains

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred places are interconnected in Purāṇic vision, collectively affirming the supremacy and living presence of dharma in holy geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Multiple tīrthas are referenced—especially Vārāṇasī and Prayāga—within a larger celebration of the tīrtha-world responding to Dvārakā’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a descriptive catalog of sacred sites and landscapes.