Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवं स निश्चयं कृत्वा यज्ञार्थं सुरसुंदरि । तीर्थं निवेशयामास पुष्करं नाम नामतः

Transliteration

evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā yajñārthaṃ surasuṃdari | tīrthaṃ niveśayāmāsa puṣkaraṃ nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

Demikian, setelah menetapkan tekad demi yajña, wahai gadis ilahi, baginda mendirikan di sana sebuah tīrtha, tempat suci penyeberangan, yang termasyhur bernama Puṣkara.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Manner (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीतिवाचक (adverb: thus)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निश्चयम्: a decision; resolve
• निश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• यज्ञार्थम्: for the sake of sacrifice
• यज्ञार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः/प्रयोजनवाचकः (यज्ञस्य अर्थः/यज्ञाय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सुरसुन्दरि: O beautiful one among the gods
• सुरसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (सुरा इव सुन्दरी/सुरेषु सुन्दरी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• निवेशयामास: established; caused to be set up
• निवेशयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√विश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara (name)
• पुष्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तीर्थस्य नाम

• नाम: named
• नाम: Apposition/Name marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (particle: 'named')

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Specification (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतौ/प्रकारे (adverb: by name/as to name)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa-context tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: surasuṃdarī (divine maiden)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine maiden is addressed; the founder, after firm resolve for yajña, establishes a tīrtha named Puṣkara—depicted as consecrating waters, marking boundaries, and invoking sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Tīrtha
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred intention (niścaya) directed toward yajña becomes sanctified as sacred geography—dharma can found a tīrtha for the welfare of many.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara Tīrtha, established within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse frames the founding of a tīrtha specifically for a yajña (sacrificial rite), implying ritual sanctification of place.