Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

यत्र तिष्ठति देवेशि भृगुकोटिसमन्वितः । अन्यत्र ब्राह्मणानां तु कोट्या यच्च फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

yatra tiṣṭhati deveśi bhṛgukoṭisamanvitaḥ | anyatra brāhmaṇānāṃ tu koṭyā yacca phalaṃ labhet

Translation

ഹേ ദേവേശി! ഭൃഗുക്കളുടെ കോടി സഹിതം ഈ ദിവ്യസന്നിധി എവിടെ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നുവോ, മറ്റിടത്ത് ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെ കോടി പേരെ സത്കരിച്ച് ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം, അതേ ഫലം ഇവിടെ അതിസുലഭമായി ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (relative locative adverb ‘where’)

• तिष्ठति: stands/abides
• तिष्ठति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady of gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative); एकवचन

• भृगु: Bhṛgu
• भृगु: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (समासमध्यपद)

• समन्वितः: endowed/attended by (a crore of Bhṛgus)
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि (धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भृगुकोटिभिः समन्वितः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

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

• कोट्या: by/with a crore (i.e., by feeding a crore)
• कोट्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• लभेत्: one would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; verse addresses Deveśī, implying a divine interlocutor within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhṛgu-koṭi-sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred precinct at Prabhāsa with sages of the Bhṛgu lineage gathered in vast numbers; a devotee offers food and gifts, while the kṣetra radiates as if containing many tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśī (Goddess)
• Bhṛgu (sages)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with great ṛṣi-lineages (like the Bhārgavas) magnifies a place’s sanctity, making dharmic fruits more accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (and its Bhārgava-associated sanctum/region), praised through the presence of Bhṛgu-sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied brāhmaṇa-satkāra (honoring/gifting to brāhmaṇas), used as a benchmark for the extraordinary fruit available at this site.