Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यम उवाच । तीर्थरूपमिदं क्षेत्रं प्रसादाद्देवकीसुत । त्वत्तोषविधिना चाद्य कृपया च शिवस्य च

Transliteration

yama uvāca | tīrtharūpamidaṃ kṣetraṃ prasādāddevakīsuta | tvattoṣavidhinā cādya kṛpayā ca śivasya ca

Translation

യമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവകീസുതാ, നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഈ ക്ഷേത്രം തീർത്ഥരൂപമായിരിക്കുന്നു. ഇന്ന് നിന്നെ തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തിയ വിധിയാലും ശിവന്റെ കരുണയാലും ഇതിന്റെ പാവനത പൂർണ്ണമായി പ്രകാശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थरूपम्: having the form of a tīrtha (pilgrimage-place)
• तीर्थरूपम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, विशेषण

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: by (your) grace; from favor
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• देवकीसुत: O son of Devakī (Kṛṣṇa)
• देवकीसुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वत्: of you/your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitival relation) अव्यक्त-रूप; (समासपूर्वपद)

• तोषविधिना: by the method of pleasing (you)
• तोषविधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोष (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कृपया: by compassion
• कृपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama addresses Viṣṇu (Devakī-suta) acknowledging that the forest-region has become a tīrtha through Viṣṇu’s favor and Śiva’s compassion; a sanctification moment in a sacred grove.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Devakīsuta (Kṛṣṇa/Vişṇu)
• Śiva
• Dharmāraṇya
• Tīrtha
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A place becomes a true tīrtha through divine grace and sincere rites that please the deity, supported by Śiva’s compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra, presented as a tīrtha by the favor of Devakīsuta and Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A “tvattoṣa-vidhi”—a rite or method of worship that pleases the Lord—though the exact ritual details are not specified in this verse.