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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ शुक्लतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्ख्यातिमगमत्पूर्वं सकाशाद्दाशवर्गतः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha śuklatīrthamanuttamam | yatkhyātimagamatpūrvaṃ sakāśāddāśavargataḥ

Translation

ပုလတ္စျာ မိန့်တော်မူသည်။ ထို့နောက် အို မင်းတို့အထဲ၌ အမြတ်ဆုံးသော မင်းကြီး၊ အလွန်မြင့်မြတ်သော သုက္ကလ တီရ္ထသို့ သွားရမည်။ ထိုတီရ္ထ၏ ကျော်ကြားမှုသည် ယခင်က ငါးဖမ်းအမျိုးအစားမှ လူတစ်ဦးနှင့် ဆက်နွယ်၍ ပေါ်ထွန်းခဲ့၏။

Word by Word
पुलस्त्यःPulastya
पुलस्त्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
नृपश्रेष्ठO best of kings
नृपश्रेष्ठ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
शुक्लतीर्थम्the Śukla-tīrtha (holy ford)
शुक्लतीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्ल + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed; excellent
अनुत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) शुक्लतीर्थम्-सम्बद्धम्
यत्which
यत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
ख्यातिम्fame; renown
ख्यातिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अगमत्attained; obtained
अगमत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
पूर्वम्formerly; earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
सकाशात्from the presence of; from near
सकाशात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)
दाशवर्गतःfrom the group of fishermen (dāśa)
दाशवर्गतः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootदाश + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya, staff in hand, gestures toward a path leading to a bright (śukla) waterbody; the king and retinue prepare to depart; a hint of fisherfolk settlement near the water suggests the forthcoming legend.

Characters & Entities
P
Pulastya
Ś
Śukla Tīrtha
N
Nṛpaśreṣṭha (King)
D
Dāśa-varga (fisher-folk)

FAQs

Tīrthas elevate all—devotion, not birth, can become the cause of a place’s enduring sacred fame.

Śukla Tīrtha, introduced as an anuttama (unsurpassed) pilgrimage spot in the Arbuda region.

A direct pilgrimage injunction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Śukla Tīrtha.

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