Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

कृष्णवाटं दशमं चैव कुशप्रवरमेव च । दहलोडमेकादशं वत्सप्रवरमेव हि

Transliteration

kṛṣṇavāṭaṃ daśamaṃ caiva kuśapravarameva ca | dahaloḍamekādaśaṃ vatsapravarameva hi

Translation

പത്താമത് ‘കൃഷ്ണവാടം’; അത് ‘കുശ-പ്രവർ’ ലക്ഷണയുക്തം. പതിനൊന്നാമത് ‘ദഹലോഡം’; അത് നിശ്ചയമായും ‘വത്സ-പ്രവർ’ബന്ധിതം.

Word by Word

• कृष्णवाटम्: Kṛṣṇavāṭa (name)
• कृष्णवाटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दशमम्: tenth
• दशमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (क्रमवाचक)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• कुशप्रवरम्: Kuśa-pravara (name)
• कुशप्रवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश + प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुशस्य प्रवरः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• दहलोडम्: Dahaloḍa (name)
• दहलोडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दहलोड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकादशम्: eleventh
• एकादशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (क्रमवाचक)

• वत्सप्रवरम्: Vatsa-pravara (name)
• वत्सप्रवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स + प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वत्सस्य प्रवरः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relaying a traditional list)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇavāṭa; Dahaloḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript scene: a sage enumerates Dharmāraṇya stations—Kṛṣṇavāṭa and Dahaloḍa—while disciples mark pravara names beside each place on a stylized forest-map.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa
• Vatsa
• Kṛṣṇavāṭa
• Dahaloḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through right remembrance—places and families are sanctified by their connection to venerable ṛṣi-lineages (pravaras).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya as a sacred region is the backdrop; this verse itself catalogs named settlements/lines (Kṛṣṇavāṭa, Dahaloḍa) rather than a single bathing-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it is an identification of pravaras associated with specific names.