Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततस्त्रिपुष्करं गच्छेदभीष्टं पद्मजस्य च । ब्रह्मणा तत्समानीतं पर्वतेऽर्बुदसंज्ञके

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | tatastripuṣkaraṃ gacchedabhīṣṭaṃ padmajasya ca | brahmaṇā tatsamānītaṃ parvate'rbudasaṃjñake

Translation

Pulastya berkata: Sesudah itu hendaklah seseorang pergi ke Tripuṣkara, yang juga dikasihi oleh Yang Lahir dari Teratai (Brahmā). Tempat suci itu telah dibawa ke sana oleh Brahmā ke gunung yang dikenali sebagai Arbuda.

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• tripuṣkaram: Tripuṣkara (the three Puṣkaras)
• tripuṣkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + पुष्कर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; गमनस्य कर्म (object of going)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• abhīṣṭam: desired
• abhīṣṭam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhīṣṭa (कृदन्त; √iṣ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘tripuṣkaram’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• padmajasya: of Padmaja (Brahmā)
• padmajasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma-ja (प्रातिपदिक; पद्म + ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणभावे (agent/instrumental)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘samānītam’ इत्यस्य सह (that)

• samānītam: brought/led together
• samānītam: Kriya (Resultative predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु; √nī) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• parvate: on the mountain
• parvate: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• arbuda-saṃjñake: called Arbuda
• arbuda-saṃjñake: Adhikarana (Locative-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arbuda-saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक; अर्बुद + संज्ञक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘parvate’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuṣkara

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (recipient of pilgrimage instructions)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya instructs the king to go to Tripuṣkara; Brahmā is envisioned transporting/establishing the sacred tirtha upon Arbuda mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Tripuṣkara
• Brahmā (Padmaja)
• Arbuda Mountain

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as entering a divinely established sacred geography—sites are sanctified by the deeds and choices of gods like Brahmā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tripuṣkara, presented as a cherished tīrtha of Brahmā and situated on Mount Arbuda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct injunction to visit (gacchet) Tripuṣkara—an explicit pilgrimage instruction.