Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

त्रिपुष्करे महादेवि कुण्डे पातकनाशने । सौवर्णं कमलं तत्र दद्याद्ब्राह्मणपुंगवे

Transliteration

tripuṣkare mahādevi kuṇḍe pātakanāśane | sauvarṇaṃ kamalaṃ tatra dadyādbrāhmaṇapuṃgave

Translation

Ô Grande Déesse, à Tripuṣkara—le bassin qui anéantit les fautes—il convient d’offrir en aumône un lotus d’or à un brāhmaṇa éminent.

Word by Word

• त्रिपुष्करे: in Tripuṣkara
• त्रिपुष्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः पुष्कराः यस्मिन्/त्रिपुष्करम्) स्थाननाम

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महा + देवी)

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पातकनाशने: in the sin-destroying (pond)
• पातकनाशने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पातकस्य नाशनम्) कुण्डस्य विशेषणम्

• सौवर्णम्: golden
• सौवर्णम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) → सौवर्ण (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तद्धित-विशेषण (made of gold)

• कमलम्: lotus
• कमलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणपुंगवे: to the best Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणपुंगवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्राह्मणानां पुंगवः = best of Brahmins)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Devī/Parvatī as listener, inferred from 'mahādevi')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuṣkara-kunda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lotus-filled pond labeled Tripuṣkara, a pilgrim offers a small golden lotus to a venerable Brāhmaṇa seated on a kusa mat; behind them, a shrine and banyan trees; other pilgrims hold water pots after bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Tripuṣkara
• Kuṇḍa
• Brāhmaṇa
• Dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by generosity—tīrtha merit is strengthened through dāna offered with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tripuṣkara Kuṇḍa, praised as pātakanāśana (destroyer of sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of a golden lotus to a distinguished Brāhmaṇa at Tripuṣkara Kuṇḍa.