Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

उद्धवस्य च तीर्थं तु सारंगाख्यं तथैव च । सत्यभामाकृतं तीर्थं भद्रातीर्थमतः परम्

Transliteration

uddhavasya ca tīrthaṃ tu sāraṃgākhyaṃ tathaiva ca | satyabhāmākṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ bhadrātīrthamataḥ param

Translation

ഇവിടെ ഉദ്ധവന്റെ തീർത്ഥവും ‘സാരംഗ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന തീർത്ഥവും ഉണ്ട്; സത്യഭാമ സ്ഥാപിച്ച തീർത്ഥവും അതിന് ശേഷം ഭദ്രാ-തീർത്ഥവും ഉണ്ട്।

Word by Word

• उद्धवस्य: of Uddhava
• उद्धवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• तीर्थम्: (the) tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सूचीकरणे (in enumeration)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrast)

• सारंगाख्यम्: named Sāraṅga
• सारंगाख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारंग + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of तीर्थम्; ‘सारंग-आख्य’ = ‘named Sāraṅga’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘likewise/so’

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

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

• सत्यभामाकृतम्: made/established by Satyabhāmā
• सत्यभामाकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यभामा + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘made by’; विशेषण of तीर्थम्

• तीर्थम्: (the) tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सूचीकरणे (in enumeration)

• भद्रातीर्थम्: Bhadrā-tīrtha
• भद्रातीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अतः: then/from there
• अतः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अनन्तर/ततः (from here/thereafter)

• परम्: next/another
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (elliptic: ‘next/another [tīrtha]’)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual narrator addressing brāhmaṇas/sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uddhava-tīrtha; Sāraṅga-tīrtha; Satyabhāmā-kṛta-tīrtha; Bhadrā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene tīrtha-kunda where Uddhava is remembered in contemplation; nearby a marker with a bow emblem for Sāraṅga; Satyabhāmā’s tīrtha adorned with royal parasol motif; Bhadrā-tīrtha with protective symbols and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Sāraṅga
• Satyabhāmā
• Bhadrā
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places gain enduring sanctity through association with exemplary devotees and divine companions, turning geography into a map of remembrance and bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uddhava-Tīrtha, Sāraṅga-nāma Tīrtha, Satyabhāmā-kṛta Tīrtha, and Bhadrā-Tīrtha in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the context of tīrtha-listing implies visiting and bathing as part of tīrtha-yātrā.