Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मान्महादेवि शंभुकुण्डेश्वरं स्मृतम् । तीर्थे सरस्वतीतीरे तस्मिन्सिद्धेश्वरं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

tatastasmānmahādevi śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvaraṃ smṛtam | tīrthe sarasvatītīre tasminsiddheśvaraṃ smṛtam

Translation

Alors, ô Grande Déesse, de là l’on se remémore Śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvara. Et en ce tīrtha, sur la rive de la Sarasvatī, l’on se souvient de Siddheśvara.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• शंभुकुण्डेश्वरम्: Śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvara (Lord of Śaṃbhu’s pond)
• शंभुकुण्डेश्वरम्: Karma (object of ‘smṛtam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु-कुण्ड-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शंभोः कुण्डस्य ईश्वरः)

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/called
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारार्थे कर्मणि-प्रयोगे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भावः (past passive participle used predicatively); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थः: ‘is called/remembered’

• तीर्थे: at the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सरस्वतीतीरे: on the bank of the Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीतीरे: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती-तीर (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सरस्वत्याः तीरम्)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (there/in that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Siddheśvara (Lord of the accomplished ones)
• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Karma (object of ‘smṛtam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सिद्धः ईश्वरः)

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/called
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-प्रयोगे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used predicatively); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvara; Siddheśvara (Sarasvatī-tīra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (explicit: ‘mahādevi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Sarasvatī riverbank with a stepped kuṇḍa; Śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvara shrine beside the pond; further along the bank stands Siddheśvara with ascetics in meditation, indicating siddhi attainment; Devī is addressed as listener, shown near the narrator as a regal presence.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvara
• Sarasvatī (river)
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rivers and Śiva-liṅga sites are intertwined in Purāṇic sacred geography, presenting Prabhāsa as a dharmic landscape of presence and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃbhukuṇḍeśvara and Siddheśvara, with Siddheśvara specifically located on the Sarasvatī’s bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; the verse locates and names the tīrtha-deities.