Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

उद्धरेत्सप्त गोत्राणि कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम् । देवसरो महारम्यं नानापुष्पैः समन्वितम् । श्यामं सकलकल्हारैर्विविधैर्जलजंतुभिः

Transliteration

uddharetsapta gotrāṇi kulamekottaraṃ śatam | devasaro mahāramyaṃ nānāpuṣpaiḥ samanvitam | śyāmaṃ sakalakalhārairvividhairjalajaṃtubhiḥ

Translation

അവൻ ഏഴ് ഗോത്രങ്ങളെ ഉയർത്തുകയും നൂറൊന്ന് കുലങ്ങളെ തരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. ദേവസരസ് അത്യന്തം രമണീയം; നാനാവിധ പുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതം; സർവ്വവിധ കല്ഹാരപദ്മങ്ങളാൽ ശ്യാമവർണ്ണം, വിവിധ ജലചരജീവികളാൽ സമ്പൂർണം.

Word by Word

• उद्धरेत्: would uplift/rescue
• उद्धरेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• गोत्राणि: lineages/clans
• गोत्राणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• कुलम्: family
• कुलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एकोत्तरम्: one more (i.e., plus one)
• एकोत्तरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of शतम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्या) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकेन उत्तरम् = one more)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• देवसरः: Devasaras (divine lake)
• देवसरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां सरः)

• महारम्यम्: very beautiful
• महारम्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् रम्यम्)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिकवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable) used adjectivally = विविध (various)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• समन्वितम्: endowed/filled
• समन्वितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अनु-√इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP) used adjectivally, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• श्यामम्: dark/blue-hued
• श्यामम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of देवसरः)

• सकलकल्हारैः: with all (kinds of) lotuses (kalhāra)
• सकलकल्हारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सकलाः कल्हाराः)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of जलजन्तुभिः)

• जलजन्तुभिः: with aquatic creatures
• जलजन्तुभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जले जन्तवः)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devasaras

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic view of Devasaras: dark, lotus-dense waters with kalhāra blooms, many flowers on the banks, fish and aquatic creatures visible; nearby, a devotee performs śrāddha, while ancestral lines are symbolically ‘lifted’ upward in a subtle celestial motif.

Characters & Entities

• Devasaras
• Kalhāra (lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is communal: the devotee’s act at the tīrtha is said to uplift entire lineages, not merely the individual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devasaras, the splendid sacred lake within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes phala (benefit) and the tīrtha’s glory; the associated prescriptions in context are snāna, worship, and śrāddha at Devasaras/Mokṣeśvara.