Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ययातिरुवाच । अप्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन्माहात्म्यं भवता मम । कथितं रूपतीर्थस्य न भूतं न भविष्यति

Transliteration

yayātiruvāca | apyadbhutamidaṃ brahmanmāhātmyaṃ bhavatā mama | kathitaṃ rūpatīrthasya na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

Translation

ଯୟାତି କହିଲେ—ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ! ଆପଣ ମୋତେ ରୂପତୀର୍ଥର ଯେ ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ କହିଲେ, ତାହା ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ; ଏପରି ପୂର୍ବେ ହୋଇନାହିଁ, ଭବିଷ୍ୟତରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ହେବ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• ययातिः: Yayāti
• ययातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अपि: indeed/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अर्थः—अपि/also/indeed

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—इदम्/माहात्म्यम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मम: of me / to me
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे—‘(इदं) कथितम्’

• रूपतीर्थस्य: of Rūpa-tīrtha
• रूपतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• भूतम्: has been (in the past)
• भूतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अर्थः—‘occurred/been’

• न: nor/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Yayāti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rūpatīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin narrator (addressed as 'brahman')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Yayāti, hands folded, addresses a seated Brahmin-sage near the tirtha; the kund glimmers behind them; the king’s face shows astonished devotion as he proclaims the mahatmya unparalleled.

Characters & Entities

• Yayāti
• Rūpatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-māhātmya inspires awe and faith, encouraging pilgrimage-minded reverence toward sanctified places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rūpatīrtha, explicitly named and acclaimed as unparalleled in greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a response of praise within the dialogue.