Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यस्ययस्यैव यो भागस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थानि यानि वै । तस्यतस्य न संदेहः स स एवेश्वरः स्मृतः

Transliteration

yasyayasyaiva yo bhāgastasmiṃstīrthāni yāni vai | tasyatasya na saṃdehaḥ sa sa eveśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

ဘုရားတစ်ပါးတစ်ပါးက အုပ်စိုးသော အပိုင်းမည်သည့်အပိုင်းမဆို—ထိုနယ်ပယ်၌ တည်ထောင်ထားသော တီရ္ထ (tīrtha) သန့်ရှင်းရာများ မည်သည့်အရာမဆို—ထိုအကြောင်း၌ သံသယမရှိ။ ထိုအုပ်စိုးသည့် အာဏာတော်ကို အီရှ्वर ကိုယ်တော်တိုင်ဟု မှတ်ယူကြ၏။

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (सम्बन्धे)

• यस्य: of each
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्ति: ‘each and every’)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• यः: which/that (one)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भागः: portion/region
• भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (तीर्थानि इति विशेषण-संबन्ध)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of each
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्ति: ‘of each’)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सः: he (same)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्ति: ‘that very’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्मृतः: is remembered/called
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (इति प्रसिद्धः/कथितः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (principle of presiding Īśvara over each tīrtha-domain)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic cosmographic diagram: segmented ‘domains’ (bhāgas) of space/land/water, each with a subtle deity-emblem hovering above, and corresponding tīrtha markers below, all converging into a single radiance labeled Īśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred sites are expressions of the one Lord presiding over each realm of reality; tīrtha and Īśvara are inseparable in essence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets the doctrinal frame for the tattva-tīrthas of Prabhāsa-kṣetra rather than naming one single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it establishes the theological basis for honoring and visiting the tīrthas.