Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तन्मूल चण्डीश इति ख्यातिं गमिष्यति वा । पीकूपतडागानां शतैस्तु विपुलैरपि

Transliteration

tasmāttanmūla caṇḍīśa iti khyātiṃ gamiṣyati vā | pīkūpataḍāgānāṃ śataistu vipulairapi

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ഇത് ‘മൂലചണ്ഡീശ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കും. ഇവിടെ വിശാലമായ കിണറുകളും തടാകങ്ങളും നൂറുകളായി (നിർമ്മിച്ചാലും) പോലും…

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• तत्-मूल: having that as its root/origin
• तत्-मूल: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'तस्य मूलम्'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपद as qualifier)

• चण्डीशः: Caṇḍīśa (Lord of Caṇḍī)
• चण्डीशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: 'चण्ड्याः ईशः'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातिम्: fame/name
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will attain/go to
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वा: or/indeed
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive/optional particle)

• पी-कूप-तडागानाम्: of wells and ponds (etc.)
• पी-कूप-तडागानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पी (प्रातिपदिक) + कूप (प्रातिपदिक) + तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर), पुं/नपुंसक-समूहवाचक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• शतैः: by hundreds
• शतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• विपुलैः: vast/great
• विपुलैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (शतैः इति विशेषण)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (additive particle)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munayaḥ (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares the future fame of the liṅga-name Mūlacaṇḍīśa, while the background shows people digging wells and building large tanks—symbolic of public merit—yet the shrine remains the focal point of sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Mūlacaṇḍīśa
• Wells (kūpa)
• Tanks/ponds (taḍāga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic tradition often elevates tīrtha-darśana and divine presence as surpassing even great public charities in spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mūlacaṇḍīśa at Prabhāsa kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit comparison to dāna/puṇya works like building wells and tanks; the passage leads into the superior merit of liṅga-darśana.