Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विस्मितो राघवोऽभवत् । विशेषेण ददौ तस्मिञ्छ्राद्धं तीर्थे तु पुष्करे

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā vismito rāghavo'bhavat | viśeṣeṇa dadau tasmiñchrāddhaṃ tīrthe tu puṣkare

Translation

En entendant ses paroles, Rāghava fut saisi d’étonnement. Là, au tīrtha de Puṣkara, il accomplit le śrāddha avec un soin particulier et une dignité remarquable.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of her’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (used adjectivally)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having heard

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• राघवः: Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular imperfect

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular used adverbially

• ददौ: gave/offered
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular ‘in/at that’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अवधारण) — particle ‘but/indeed’

• पुष्करे: at Puṣkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular (place-name)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator describing Rāghava’s śrāddha at Puṣkara-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāghava, astonished after hearing a woman’s revelatory words, performs an elaborate śrāddha at Puṣkara-tīrtha—offerings arranged, brāhmaṇas seated, water-vessels and darbha visible beside a sacred waterbody.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Puṣkara-tīrtha
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha performed with sincerity at a powerful tīrtha becomes exceptionally fruitful and honors the ancestral lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha (ancestral offering rite) at Puṣkara-tīrtha, done “viśeṣeṇa” (with special care).