Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततोऽधस्तात्पुनर्याति सलिलं तत्र भामिनि । तण्डीनाम पुरा प्रोक्तो देविकातटमास्थितः

Transliteration

tato'dhastātpunaryāti salilaṃ tatra bhāmini | taṇḍīnāma purā prokto devikātaṭamāsthitaḥ

Translation

Kemudian, wahai wanita bercahaya, air di sana kembali mengalir ke bawah. Dahulu kala disebut seorang bernama Taṇḍī yang tinggal di tepi Devikā.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/ततः’ (from there/then)

• adhastāt: downwards/below
• adhastāt: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (दिशावाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक)

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• salilam: water
• salilam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• taṇḍī: Taṇḍī (name)
• taṇḍī: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/Name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देशक/उपपद)

• purā: formerly/once
• purā: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• proktaḥ: was said/was called
• proktaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/Passive participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devikā-taṭam: the bank of (the river) Devikā
• devikā-taṭam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devikā (प्रातिपदिक) + taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देविकायाः तटम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āsthitaḥ: standing/located
• āsthitaḥ: Karta (Predicate of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थितः/आस्थितः’ = having taken position/standing

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-taṭa Kūpa (Taṇḍī-associated)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of the well: water level visibly subsides after having risen; Śiva narrates to Devī; in a vignette-like background, an ascetic Taṇḍī sits on Devikā’s bank in meditation, indicating the ancient past.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā (river)
• Taṇḍī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are linked to saintly presences; the holiness of waters is intertwined with the tapas of those who reside nearby.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devikā riverbank area in Prabhāsakṣetra, associated with a famed well and the figure Taṇḍī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it sets the scene for the tīrtha’s legend and its sacred hydrology.