Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 142

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्बहूदके तीर्थे यत्र प्राणांस्त्यजाम्यहम् । तत्र मन्नामचिह्नस्ते संस्थाप्यो भास्करो विभुः

Transliteration

asminbahūdake tīrthe yatra prāṇāṃstyajāmyaham | tatra mannāmacihnaste saṃsthāpyo bhāskaro vibhuḥ

Translation

ಈ ಬಹೂದಕ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ, ನಾನು ಪ್ರಾಣ ತ್ಯಜಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ, ನನ್ನ ನಾಮಚಿಹ್ನವಾಗಿ ವಿಭುವಾದ ಭಾಸ್ಕರನನ್ನು (ಸೂರ್ಯನನ್ನು) ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘in this’

• bahūdake: abounding in water
• bahūdake: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in (the) much-water(ed)’; विशेषणम् ‘तीर्थे’

• tīrthe: at the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘at the sacred ford’

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — सम्बन्धबोधक/देशवाचक (where)

• prāṇān: life-breaths
• prāṇān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन — ‘vital breaths/life’

• tyajāmi: I give up
• tyajāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन — ‘I abandon’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘I’

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

• mat-nāma-cihnaḥ: bearing my name as a mark
• mat-nāma-cihnaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nāma (प्रातिपदिक) + cihna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘having my name as a mark’; विशेषणम् ‘भास्करः’

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘your’ (i.e., for you/your)

• saṃsthāpyaḥ: should be स्थापित/installed
• saṃsthāpyaḥ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) → saṃsthāpya (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्) — विधेय/कर्तव्य; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘to be स्थापित’

• bhāskaraḥ: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Agent of passive obligation/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘Bhāskara (Sun)’

• vibhuḥ: the mighty one
• vibhuḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — विशेषणम् ‘भास्करः’

Speaker

Bāla

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a water-rich tīrtha, the devotee prepares a Sun installation: a radiant Bhāskara icon on a pedestal near the water, with a dedicatory inscription/name-mark; the dying saint points to the spot where the icon must stand.

Characters & Entities

• Bahūdaka-tīrtha
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually charged through remembrance and deity-installation, linking personal vow to sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahūdaka tīrtha is explicitly praised as the place of prāṇatyāga and Bhāskara स्थापना.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing (saṃsthāpana/pratiṣṭhā) an image/marker of Bhāskara at Bahūdaka tīrtha bearing the speaker’s name.