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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कृपासिंधो महाभाग सर्वव्यापिन्सुरेश्वर । कदा ह्यत्र तपस्तप्तं विष्णुनामिततेजसा

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kṛpāsiṃdho mahābhāga sarvavyāpinsureśvara | kadā hyatra tapastaptaṃ viṣṇunāmitatejasā

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「慈悲の海よ、幸いなる御方よ、遍く満ちる देव（神々）の主よ—無量の光輝をたたえるヴィシュヌは、いつここでタパス（苦行）を修したのですか。」

Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; √वच्—वचने
कृपासिन्धोO ocean of compassion
कृपासिन्धो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकृपा + सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (ocean of compassion)
महाभागO greatly fortunate one
महाभाग:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + भाग (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (greatly fortunate)
सर्वव्यापिन्O all-pervading one
सर्वव्यापिन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (all-pervading)
सुरेश्वरO lord of the gods
सुरेश्वर:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (lord of the gods)
कदाwhen
कदा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-कालवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative temporal adverb)
हिindeed / for
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/कारणार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
तप्तम्performed / practiced
तप्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतप्त (√तप् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
विष्णुनाby Viṣṇu
विष्णुना:
Karana/Karta (Agent/Instrument/करण/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन
अमिततेजसाof immeasurable radiance
अमिततेजसा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमित + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (of immeasurable splendor); विशेषण विष्णुना
Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, hands folded, questions a radiant sage addressed as ‘ocean of compassion’; behind them lies a sacred forest with a nearby tīrtha, and a subtle vision of Viṣṇu in tapas posture appears.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
V
Viṣṇu
S
Sureśvara (addressed divinity)

FAQs

Inquiry into a place’s sacred history is itself dhārmic; knowing a tīrtha’s origin deepens devotion and right practice.

Dharmāraṇya as a sacred field where Viṣṇu performed tapas.

No prescription—this verse opens the inquiry about Viṣṇu’s austerities (tapas).

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