Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कोटितीर्थानि त्रीण्येव तत्र जातानि भूतले । अर्ध कोटिसमेतानि सर्वपापहराणि च

Transliteration

koṭitīrthāni trīṇyeva tatra jātāni bhūtale | ardha koṭisametāni sarvapāpaharāṇi ca

Translation

അവിടെ ഭൂതലത്തിൽ മൂന്നു ‘കോടിതീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ’ മാത്രമേ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചുള്ളൂ; അവയോടൊപ്പം അർദ്ധകോടി (മറ്റു തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും) ഉണ്ടായി; അവ എല്ലാപാപങ്ങളും ഹരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• कोटितीर्थानि: the koṭi-tīrthas (crore sacred fords)
• कोटितीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोटीनां तीर्थानि)

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• जातानि: born/arisen
• जातानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘उत्पन्नानि’

• भूतले: on the earth’s surface
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• अर्ध: half
• अर्ध: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगे पूर्वपद; परिमाणवाचक (quantifier)

• कोटिसमेतानि: accompanied by a koṭi (i.e., with a crore)
• कोटिसमेतानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + समेत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तृतीया/सह-भावार्थक तत्पुरुषः (कोट्या समेतानि = accompanied by a koṭi)

• सर्वपापहराणि: removers of all sins
• सर्वपापहराणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां हराणि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrthas of Arbuda (three principal)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three principal sacred bathing spots (Koṭitīrthas) depicted as radiant pools/ghats, surrounded by many subsidiary springs and shrines; pilgrims bathing as dark ‘sins’ dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• Arbuda (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text amplifies the tīrtha’s power by describing it as a convergence of many sacred fords, aimed at universal purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha (in a triad form) within the Arbuda region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not directly here; purification is stated as the fruit, with bathing prescribed in the next verse.