Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

संनिहत्यां कुरुक्षेत्रे सर्वस्तीर्थायुतैः सह । पुष्करं नैमिषं चैवं प्रयागं संपृथूदकम्

Transliteration

saṃnihatyāṃ kurukṣetre sarvastīrthāyutaiḥ saha | puṣkaraṃ naimiṣaṃ caivaṃ prayāgaṃ saṃpṛthūdakam

Translation

குருக்ஷேத்திரத்தின் சன்னிஹத்யா, எண்ணற்ற தீர்த்தங்களுடன்; புஷ்கரம், நைமிஷம், மேலும் பரந்த நீர்வளமுடைய பிரயாகம்—இத்தீர்த்தங்கள் அனைத்தும் இங்கு நினைவுகூரப்படுகின்றன.

Word by Word

• saṃnihatyām: at Saṃnihati (a sacred place)
• saṃnihatyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃnihati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kurukṣetre: in Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru-kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्)

• sarva-tīrtha-āyutaiḥ: with ten-thousands of all sacred fords
• sarva-tīrtha-āyutaiḥ: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + āyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां तीर्थाणाम् आयुतैः = ten-thousands of all tīrthas)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक/सह-प्रयोगः (particle meaning 'together with')

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara (tīrtha)
• puṣkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• naimiṣam: Naimiṣa (tīrtha)
• naimiṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naimiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• prayāgam: Prayāga
• prayāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃpṛthūdakam: (the tīrtha) with abundant water
• saṃpṛthūdakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpṛthu-udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (सम्-पृथु उदकं यस्य तत्/सम्पृथूदकम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sannihatyā (Kurukṣetra), Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, Prayāga

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic map-like tableau: iconic tīrthas—Sannihatyā at Kurukṣetra, Puṣkara lake, Naimiṣa forest-chakra, and Prayāga sangam—presented as a garland of sacred places invoked in a single hymn.

Characters & Entities

• Sannihatyā Tīrtha
• Kurukṣetra
• Puṣkara
• Naimiṣa
• Prayāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision links India’s great tīrthas into a single sacred map, encouraging pilgrimage as a unifying dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Multiple tīrthas are invoked—Sannihatyā at Kurukṣetra, Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, and Prayāga—within the broader praise connected to Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the emphasis is on tīrtha-mahima (the exalted status of these pilgrimage sites).