Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तथा तप्तोदकस्वामी तस्य नामांतरं प्रिये । अधुना संप्रवक्ष्यामि तलोत्पत्तिं तव प्रिये

Transliteration

tathā taptodakasvāmī tasya nāmāṃtaraṃ priye | adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi talotpattiṃ tava priye

Translation

ਹੇ ਪ੍ਰਿਯੇ, ਉਸ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਨਾਮ ‘ਤਪਤੋਦਕ-ਸਵਾਮੀ’ ਵੀ ਹੈ। ਹੁਣ, ਹੇ ਪਿਆਰੀ, ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਤਾਲ ਦੀ ਉਤਪੱਤੀ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੁਣਾਵਾਂਗਾ।

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• tapta-udaka-svāmī: Lord of the hot water (Taptoḍaka-svāmī)
• tapta-udaka-svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी): ‘तप्तोदकस्य स्वामी’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him/its
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāma-antaraṃ: another name
• nāma-antaraṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘नाम्नः अन्तरम्’ (another name); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• saṃpravakṣyāmi: I will explain fully
• saṃpravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-√vac (वच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tala-utpattim: the origin of Tala
• tala-utpattim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tala (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘तलस्य उत्पत्तिः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tava: for you / your
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptodaka (associated with Taptodaka-svāmin)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator, affectionately addressing Devī, points toward a steaming sacred water source near a shrine; pilgrims gather with copper pots as the story of Tala’s origin is about to be told.

Characters & Entities

• Taptodaka-svāmin
• Tala (Tala-svāmin)
• Priyā/Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places preserve multiple divine epithets and histories; knowing the origin-story deepens śraddhā and tīrtha reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra shrine/tīrtha associated with Tala-svāmin, also called Taptodaka-svāmin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references a sacred water associated with ‘Taptodaka’; explicit prescriptions (snāna, etc.) are not stated in this verse.