Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

योगिनीकुंडतः पूर्वमुर्वशीकुण्डमुत्तमम् । यत्र स्नातो नरो विद्वन्नुर्वशीं दिवि संश्रयेत्

Transliteration

yoginīkuṃḍataḥ pūrvamurvaśīkuṇḍamuttamam | yatra snāto naro vidvannurvaśīṃ divi saṃśrayet

Translation

ਯੋਗਿਨੀ-ਕੁੰਡ ਤੋਂ ਪੂਰਬ ਪਾਸੇ ਉੱਤਮ ਉਰਵਸ਼ੀ-ਕੁੰਡ ਹੈ। ਹੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ, ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਉੱਥੇ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰੇ, ਉਹ ਸਵਰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਰਵਸ਼ੀ ਦਾ ਆਸਰਾ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਸੁਖ ਭੋਗਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• yoginīkuṃḍataḥ: from the Yoginī-pond
• yoginīkuṃḍataḥ: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (yoginyāḥ kuṇḍam)

• pūrvam: to the east/before (it)
• pūrvam: Kāla/Avadhi (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb: ‘before/earlier’)

• urvaśīkuṇḍam: the Urvaśī-pond
• urvaśīkuṇḍam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (urvaśyāḥ kuṇḍam)

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—urvaśīkuṇḍam

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative locative adverb: ‘where’)

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना, धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः—‘having bathed’

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• vidvan: learned (one)
• vidvan: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे—‘विद्वान्’

• urvaśīm: Urvaśī
• urvaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• divi: in heaven
• divi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘स्वर्गे’

• saṃśrayet: would attain/resort to
• saṃśrayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śri (श्रि, धातु) उपसर्गः sam-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गयुक्तः (saṃ-śri)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Urvaśī-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn bathes in a lotus-ringed kuṇḍa; to the east, a sign of Yoginī-kuṇḍa’s direction; above, a luminous Urvaśī appears in svarga-clouds, blessing the bather with celestial garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśīkuṇḍa
• Yoginīkuṇḍa
• Urvaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Specific tīrthas are praised for distinct fruits; faithful bathing is said to lead to refined heavenly rewards.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Urvaśīkuṇḍa, located east of Yoginīkuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Urvaśīkuṇḍa to obtain its promised fruit.