Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विस्मितो राघवोऽभवत् । विशेषेण ददौ तस्मिञ्छ्राद्धं तीर्थे तु पुष्करे

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā vismito rāghavo'bhavat | viśeṣeṇa dadau tasmiñchrāddhaṃ tīrthe tu puṣkare

Translation

ତାହାର ବଚନ ଶୁଣି ରାଘବ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ୟଚକିତ ହେଲେ। ସେଠାରେ ପୁଷ୍କର ତୀର୍ଥରେ ସେ ବିଶେଷ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାରେ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of her’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (used adjectivally)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having heard

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• राघवः: Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular imperfect

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular used adverbially

• ददौ: gave/offered
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular ‘in/at that’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अवधारण) — particle ‘but/indeed’

• पुष्करे: at Puṣkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular (place-name)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator describing Rāghava’s śrāddha at Puṣkara-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāghava, astonished after hearing a woman’s revelatory words, performs an elaborate śrāddha at Puṣkara-tīrtha—offerings arranged, brāhmaṇas seated, water-vessels and darbha visible beside a sacred waterbody.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Puṣkara-tīrtha
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha performed with sincerity at a powerful tīrtha becomes exceptionally fruitful and honors the ancestral lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha (ancestral offering rite) at Puṣkara-tīrtha, done “viśeṣeṇa” (with special care).