Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं पुरा प्रोक्तं स्थानसंकेतकारणम् । तृतीये ब्रह्मणः कुंडे सृष्टिसंक्षेपसूचके

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ purā proktaṃ sthānasaṃketakāraṇam | tṛtīye brahmaṇaḥ kuṃḍe sṛṣṭisaṃkṣepasūcake

Translation

Tout cela fut jadis exposé comme la cause des signes distinctifs de ce lieu—au troisième « bassin de Brahmā », qui indique la création en abrégé.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणरूपेण ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रोक्तम्: was stated, was spoken
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘(इदं) प्रोक्तम्’

• स्थानसंकेतकारणम्: the cause for indicating the place
• स्थानसंकेतकारणम्: Viśeṣya/Predicative complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक) + संकेत (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समासः (स्थानस्य संकेतस्य कारणम् / place-indication-cause)

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कुंडे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कुंडे: in the pond/pit
• कुंडे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सृष्टिसंक्षेपसूचके: in (the one) indicating the brief account of creation
• सृष्टिसंक्षेपसूचके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक) + सूचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कुंडे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सृष्टेः संक्षेपं सूचयति इति)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-kuṇḍa (tṛtīya)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond labeled Brahmā-kuṇḍa; subtle iconography of Brahmā (four faces) appears as a vision above the waters; Śiva references prior exposition; the landscape is dotted with signposts/markers indicating sacred boundaries and meanings.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Brahmā
• Brahma-kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry ‘signs’ and narratives that encode cosmic meaning; remembering them links pilgrimage geography with dharmic cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmā’s Kuṇḍa (specifically the ‘third’ Brahma-kuṇḍa) within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse frames the tīrtha’s identifying tradition and its cosmogonic association.