Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तदग्रे सन्निहत्याख्या महापुष्करिणी शुभा । लोलार्क पश्चिमे भागे कुरुक्षेत्रस्थली तु सा

Transliteration

tadagre sannihatyākhyā mahāpuṣkariṇī śubhā | lolārka paścime bhāge kurukṣetrasthalī tu sā

Translation

၎င်း၏ရှေ့တွင် “သန္နိဟတ္ယာ” ဟုခေါ်သော မင်္ဂလာရှိသည့် မဟာပုရှ္ကရိဏီ (သန့်ရှင်းသော ရေကန်ကြီး) တည်ရှိသည်။ လောလာရ္က၏ အနောက်ဘက်တွင် ကာသီအတွင်းရှိ “ကူရုက္ရှೇತ್ರ-နေရာ” ဟုခေါ်သော သန့်ရှင်းမြေတည်ရှိသည်။

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रे: in front (of it)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे स्थानवाचक

• सन्निहत्या: called Sannihatya
• सन्निहत्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्निहत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• आख्या: named
• आख्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (नामवाचक)

• महापुष्करिणी: the great lotus-pond
• महापुष्करिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुष्करिणी = महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोलार्कः: (place called) Lolārka
• लोलार्कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोलार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (स्थल/तीर्थनाम)

• पश्चिमे: in the western
• पश्चिमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भागे: part/region
• भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कुरुक्षेत्रस्थली: the Kurukṣetra-ground (area)
• कुरुक्षेत्रस्थली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्रस्थली = कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• सा: she/that (place)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sannihatyā Mahāpuṣkariṇī (Kurukṣetra-sthalī in Kāśī)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches an expansive lotus-filled tank (mahāpuṣkariṇī) with ghāṭ steps; in the distance the solar shrine of Lolārka; a subtle cartographic cue labels the western side as ‘Kurukṣetra-sthalī’ within Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Sannihatyā Mahāpuṣkariṇī
• Lolārka
• Kurukṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī contains concentrated equivalents of famed pan-Indian tīrthas; proximity and darśana of such sites is itself a purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sannihatyā Mahāpuṣkariṇī (a great sacred tank) near Lolārka, described as a Kurukṣetra-equivalent spot in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse primarily maps sacred geography and identifies the tīrtha.