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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

भल्लेनाहं यतो विद्धस्त्वया पादतले शुभे । भल्लतीर्थमिति ख्यातं ततो ह्येतद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

bhallenāhaṃ yato viddhastvayā pādatale śubhe | bhallatīrthamiti khyātaṃ tato hyetadbhaviṣyati

Translation

നീ ശുഭമായ പാദതലത്തിൽ ഭല്ലബാണംകൊണ്ട് എന്നെ വിദ്ധമാക്കിയതിനാൽ, ഇതു പിന്നീടു ‘ഭല്ലതീർത്ഥം’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമാകും.

Word by Word
भल्लेनwith/by an arrow
भल्लेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)
यतःsince/because
यतः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कारणार्थक-सम्बन्धबोधक (indeclinable; causal/relative sense ‘since/because’)
विद्धःpierced/wounded
विद्धः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootविद् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (past passive participle; nominative singular)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
पादतलेon the sole of the foot
पादतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (पादस्य तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
शुभेauspicious
शुभे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; addressing/qualifying पादतले)
भल्लतीर्थम्the Bhalla-tīrtha (pilgrimage ford)
भल्लतीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभल्ल + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (भल्लस्य तीर्थम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)
इतिthus/so called
इति:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
ख्यातम्is known/renowned
ख्यातम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootख्या (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (PPP; ‘is known/called’)
ततःtherefore/then
ततः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, तस्मात्/ततः अर्थे (therefore/from that)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)
भविष्यतिwill be/come to be
भविष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd sg fut.)
Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhalla-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jarā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on the bhalla-arrow and the auspicious sole of the Lord’s foot (with śrīvatsa/lotus-like marks implied), while the surrounding ground subtly transforms into a marked tīrtha spot, as if the landscape itself receives a name.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
B
Bhalla-tīrtha
L
lubdhaka (hunter)

FAQs

Sacred places are often sanctified through divine events; the Lord’s līlā becomes the basis for tīrtha-glory.

Bhalla-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

None in this verse; it explains the origin of the tīrtha’s name.

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