Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्रैवामृतकुण्डं तु कलाकुण्डं तु तत्स्मृतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा तु चंद्रेशं यो नरः पूजयिष्यति

Transliteration

tatraivāmṛtakuṇḍaṃ tu kalākuṇḍaṃ tu tatsmṛtam | tatra snātvā tu caṃdreśaṃ yo naraḥ pūjayiṣyati

Translation

അവിടെയേ അമൃതകുണ്ഡം ഉണ്ട്; അതിനെ കലാകുണ്ഡം എന്നും സ്മരിക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ആരെങ്കിലും ചന്ദ്രേശൻ (ചന്ദ്രേശ്വരൻ)നെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ…

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपातः (emphasis)

• amṛta-kuṇḍam: the Amṛta pond
• amṛta-kuṇḍam: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्रायः (‘अमृतं यत्र’/‘अमृतस्य कुण्डम्’) तीर्थनाम

• tu: and; indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• kalā-kuṇḍam: the Kalā pond
• kalā-kuṇḍam: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषप्रायः; तीर्थनाम

• tu: and; indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• tat: that
• tat: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• smṛtam: is called; is known
• smṛtam: Predicate (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ स्मृ स्मरणे-कर्मणि क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘कथितम्/प्रसिद्धम्’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना स्नाने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) ‘स्नात्वा’ = having bathed

• tu: then; indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• caṃdreśam: Candreśa (Lord of the Moon)
• caṃdreśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdreśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘चन्द्रस्य ईशः’) देवताविशेषः

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• naraḥ: a man; person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूजँ पूजायाम्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-kuṇḍa (Kalā-kuṇḍa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond with steps (ghāṭa), pilgrims bathing; nearby a small shrine of Candreśvara with a moon emblem; the water glows as ‘amṛta’, with lotus clusters and gentle ripples.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛtakuṇḍa
• Kalākuṇḍa
• Candreśvara (Candreśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna followed by deity worship is a complete purificatory act praised in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛtakuṇḍa/Kalākuṇḍa at Prabhāsakṣetra, connected with Candreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Kalākuṇḍa (Amṛtakuṇḍa) and then worship Candreśvara.