Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि दैवतानि तथा पुनः । पूजितानि च सर्वाणि कुण्डस्नानप्रभावतः

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni daivatāni tathā punaḥ | pūjitāni ca sarvāṇi kuṇḍasnānaprabhāvataḥ

Translation

ഈ കുണ്ഡത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മഹിമയാൽ ഭൂമിയിലെ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും എല്ലാ ദേവതകളും പూజിക്കപ്പെട്ടവയായി തന്നെ കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• pṛthivyām: on earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana

• yāni: which
• yāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• daivatāni: deities/divine beings
• daivatāni: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Upamā/saṃgraha-avyaya (adverb: likewise)

• punaḥ: again/further
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Punara-avyaya (adverb: again/further)

• pūjitāni: (are) worshipped/honoured
• pūjitāni: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; karmavācya (passive sense)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• kuṇḍa-snāna-prabhāvataḥ: due to the power of bathing in the kuṇḍa
• kuṇḍa-snāna-prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa + snāna + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī (5th), Ekavacana; hetu-ablative: kuṇḍasnānasya prabhāvaḥ (genitive-tatpuruṣa within)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred kuṇḍa within Prabhāsa: calm water, steps (ghāṭa), priests with water-pots; above, a subtle celestial assembly of devatās and symbolic emblems of many tīrthas converging into the kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa
• Snāna
• Tīrtha
• Daivata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One supremely sanctified place can concentrate the fruits of many pilgrimages; sincere snāna becomes a complete act of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa of Prabhāsakṣetra (contextually Brahmakuṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kuṇḍa-snāna (bathing in the sacred tank), said to equal worship of all tīrthas and deities.