Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तीर्थानि प्रेषयामासुः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदानि ताम्

Transliteration

tīrthāni preṣayāmāsuḥ sarvasiddhipradāni tām

Translation

Ils l’envoyèrent vers les tīrtha sacrés, ceux qui accordent toute perfection (siddhi).

Word by Word

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

• प्रेषयामासुः: sent forth, dispatched
• प्रेषयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदानि: granting all attainments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व+सिद्धि+प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थाणि); समासः—सर्वासां सिद्धीनां प्रदानि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrthāni (collective)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of seekers ceremonially ‘sending’ a woman toward multiple sacred fords and shrines of Prabhāsa; distant sea-horizon, sandy littoral, and clustered tīrtha markers (liṅgas, kuṇḍas, ghāṭas).

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā is portrayed as spiritually efficacious, capable of granting comprehensive upliftment and attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the tīrthas associated with the Prabhāsa sacred region, described as ‘granting all siddhis’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage to tīrthas is implied; in Purāṇic context this typically includes tīrtha-snāna (sacred bathing), though not explicitly named here.