Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

अष्टोत्तरशतं वापि तदर्धार्धं तदर्धकम् । यः करोति नरो देवि सृष्ट्वा तत्र प्रदक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

aṣṭottaraśataṃ vāpi tadardhārdhaṃ tadardhakam | yaḥ karoti naro devi sṛṣṭvā tatra pradakṣiṇām

Translation

Ô Déesse, quiconque accomplit en ce lieu la pradakṣiṇā, cent huit circumambulations—ou la moitié, ou encore la moitié de la moitié—ayant ainsi achevé la circumambulation en ce saint endroit—

Word by Word

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट-उत्तर-शत (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + उत्तर + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्या-समास (108)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विकल्पार्थ

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• तदर्धार्धम्: a quarter of that
• तदर्धार्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-अर्ध-अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + अर्ध + अर्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य अर्धस्य अर्धम् = quarter of that)

• तदर्धकम्: half of that
• तदर्धकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-अर्धक (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + अर्धक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य अर्धकम् = half of that)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• करोति: does/makes
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सृष्ट्वा: having made/after performing
• सृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; परस्मैपदी-धातोः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; addressing a Devi within the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīsthālaka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee repeatedly circumambulates the shrine path, counting on a mālā; groups complete 108 rounds, while elders perform 54 or 27; the path is marked with lamps and flower petals.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Pradakṣiṇā
• 108

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even reduced observances, when sincerely completed, retain spiritual potency within a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers back to Sāvitrī-sthala within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform 108 pradakṣiṇās, or 54, or 27, completing the circumambulation rite at the sacred spot.