Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तद्दैत्यपापमाहात्म्यात्पुनः शीतलतां गतम् । पुनस्तदुष्णतां नीतं ततः कल्पांतसंस्थितौ

Transliteration

taddaityapāpamāhātmyātpunaḥ śītalatāṃ gatam | punastaduṣṇatāṃ nītaṃ tataḥ kalpāṃtasaṃsthitau

Translation

ദൈത്യന്റെ പാപപ്രഭാവം മൂലം അത് വീണ്ടും ശീതളമായി; പിന്നെ വീണ്ടും ഉഷ്ണതയിലേക്കു കൊണ്ടുവന്നു; അങ്ങനെ കല്പാന്തം വരെ അതേവിധം നിലനിന്നു.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (water/place)
• तत्: Karma/Adhikaraṇa (Contextual referent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक

• दैत्यपापमाहात्म्यात्: due to the power/effect of the demons' sin
• दैत्यपापमाहात्म्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + पाप + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला (दैत्यस्य पापस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala/Prakara (Repetition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• शीतलताम्: coolness
• शीतलताम्: Gati-karma (Goal/state as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीतलता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतम्: became/attained
• गतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘became/attained’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala/Prakara (Repetition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma/Adhikaraṇa (Contextual referent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक

• उष्णताम्: heat, hotness
• उष्णताम्: Gati-karma (Goal/state as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नीतम्: was brought (to)
• नीतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नीत (कृदन्त; नी धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘was led/brought (to)’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (thereafter)

• कल्पान्तसंस्थितौ: at the time of the end of the aeon
• कल्पान्तसंस्थितौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पान्त + संस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पस्य अन्तः तस्मिन् संस्थितिः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing speech from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptodakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A steaming kund gradually turns calm and cool under a shadowy daitya’s influence; later, divine heat returns, the water shimmering with renewed power, framed against a vast kalpa-scale horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya (demon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The purity and power of sacred places can be challenged by adharma, yet divine order restores them for the benefit of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Taptodakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose enduring nature is emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it provides theological context for why the tīrtha is considered potent and enduring.