Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा महादेवो देशे तस्मिन्स्थितः प्रिये । ब्राह्मं च वैष्णवं रौद्रं तत्र कुण्डत्रयं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā mahādevo deśe tasminsthitaḥ priye | brāhmaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ raudraṃ tatra kuṇḍatrayaṃ smṛtam

Translation

एवमुक्त्वा महादेवो देशे तस्मिन्स्थितः प्रिये। ब्राह्मं च वैष्णवं रौद्रं तत्र कुण्डत्रयं स्मृतम्॥

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• देशे: in the place
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) देशे इति

• स्थितः: stood, remained
• स्थितः: Kriya (State/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोगे (used predicatively)

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्राह्मम्: Brahmā-related
• ब्राह्मम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) कुण्डत्रयम् इति

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैष्णवम्: Viṣṇu-related
• वैष्णवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) कुण्डत्रयम् इति

• रौद्रम्: Rudra-related
• रौद्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) कुण्डत्रयम् इति

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कुण्डत्रयम्: the triad of ponds
• कुण्डत्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्मृतम्: is called, is known as
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); भावे/कर्मणि (is said/remembered)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brāhma-kuṇḍa / Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa / Raudra-kuṇḍa (Kuṇḍa-traya at Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘priye’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva remains at Prabhāsa; the landscape reveals three distinct sacred ponds—Brāhma, Vaiṣṇava, and Raudra—each with its own iconographic markers and pilgrims moving between them.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Rudra
• Brāhma-kuṇḍa
• Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa
• Raudra-kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred landscapes are mapped through named tīrthas; remembering and visiting them is itself a form of reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The triad of kuṇḍas at Prabhāsa: Brāhma, Vaiṣṇava, and Raudra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tīrtha-reverence and likely snāna/pūjā at the kuṇḍas, though not explicitly stated in this verse.