Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

वारुणीं दिशमाश्रित्य सागरस्य च सन्निधौ । कृतस्मरस्यापरतो धन्वन्तरशतत्रये

Transliteration

vāruṇīṃ diśamāśritya sāgarasya ca sannidhau | kṛtasmarasyāparato dhanvantaraśatatraye

Translation

வருணத் திசை எனும் மேற்கு நோக்கி நின்று, கடலின் சன்னிதியில்—கிருதஸ்மரத்தைத் தாண்டி—மூன்று நூறு தனுஸ் தூரத்தில்…

Word by Word

• वारुणीम्: Varuṇa’s (western)
• वारुणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (दिशम्)

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to
• आश्रित्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having resorted to’

• सागरस्य: of the sea
• सागरस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सन्निधौ: in the vicinity
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• कृतस्मरस्य: of Kṛtasmar(a)
• कृतस्मरस्य: Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतस्मर (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + स्मर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘कृतः स्मरः येन’/‘कृतस्मरः’ नाम)

• अपरतः: to the west/other side of
• अपरतः: Desha (Spatial relation/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (from the other side/west of)

• धन्वन्तरशतत्रये: in (the measure of) three hundred dhanvantaras
• धन्वन्तरशतत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्वन्तर + शत + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धन्वन्तराणां शतानां त्रये = in the triad of hundreds of dhanvantaras)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sector near Kṛtasmara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-guide scene: the shoreline of Prabhāsa, facing west toward the ocean; a named landmark ‘Kṛtasmara’ behind, and a measured path (three hundred dhanus) leading to a sanctified spot.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Varuṇa-direction (west)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Kṛtasmara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is guided by sacred orientation—directions and distances become aids for approaching a living tīrtha with precision and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A locality in Prabhāsa-kṣetra described relative to Kṛtasmara and the ocean, oriented toward the western (Varuṇa) direction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse functions as a topographical locator within the māhātmya.