Shloka 1 - Adhyaya 330 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्मात्तदुन्नतस्थानादुत्तरे योजनत्रयात् । तत्र तप्तोदकस्वामी तलो यत्र हतः पुरा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasmāttadunnatasthānāduttare yojanatrayāt | tatra taptodakasvāmī talo yatra hataḥ purā

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ആ ഉന്നത പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വടക്കോട്ട് മൂന്ന് യോജന ദൂരത്ത് തപ്തോദകസ്വാമി ആരാധിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന തീർത്ഥം ഉണ്ട്; അവിടെയാണ് പുരാതനകാലത്ത് തലു വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടത്.

Word by Word

ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)

उवाचsaid

तस्मात्from that (place)

तत्that

उन्नतस्थानात्from the elevated place

उत्तरेto the north / in the northern direction

योजनत्रयात्from a distance of three yojanas

तत्रthere

तप्तोदकस्वामीTaptodakasvāmin (lord of the hot-water [tīrtha])

तलःTala (name of the daitya)

यत्रwhere

हतःwas slain

पुराformerly

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptodaka-svāmin tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva narrates to Devī: from the elevated Vināyaka spot, three yojanas north lies a steaming hot-water tīrtha where an ancient foe named Talu was slain.

Characters & Entities

Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Taptodaka

Taptodakasvāmi

Talu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is mapped as a dharmic itinerary: knowing and approaching consecrated places is itself presented as part of pilgrimage discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Taptodaka tīrtha and its presiding deity, Taptodakasvāmi/Talasvāmi, within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse gives location and mythic identification of the site.