Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

इति देवकुलस्थाने कथिता तीर्थसंस्थितिः

Transliteration

iti devakulasthāne kathitā tīrthasaṃsthitiḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans la région de Devakula, la situation et la description de ce tīrtha sacré ont été rapportées.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• देवकुलस्थाने: in the place called Devakula
• देवकुलस्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devakula + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवकुलस्य स्थानम्)

• कथिता: was told/declared
• कथिता: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तीर्थसंस्थितिः: the account/establishment of the sacred ford
• तीर्थसंस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha + saṃsthiti (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य संस्थितिः = description/establishment of the tīrtha)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakula-sthāna tīrtha cluster (including Kṣemāditya segment)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator concluding a segment of the pilgrimage guide, gesturing to a map-like landscape with Devakula marked; pilgrims pause, listening before proceeding to the next tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Devakula
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text formally seals the tīrtha-description, reinforcing the Purāṇic method of transmitting sacred geography as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Devakula area tīrtha context, including Kṣemāditya described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a concluding/summary statement about the tīrtha’s description.