Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

प्रभावादद्भुताद्भूमेः सलिलस्य च तेजसः । परिग्रहान्मुनीनां च तीर्थानां पुण्यता स्मृता

Transliteration

prabhāvādadbhutādbhūmeḥ salilasya ca tejasaḥ | parigrahānmunīnāṃ ca tīrthānāṃ puṇyatā smṛtā

Translation

భూమి యొక్క అద్భుత ప్రభావం వల్ల, జలంలో అంతర్లీనమైన తేజస్సు వల్ల, అలాగే మునుల పరిగ్రహం (పావన సాన్నిధ్య-స్వీకారం) వల్ల తీర్తాల పుణ్యత స్మరించబడుతుంది।

Word by Word

• प्रभावात्: from (their) power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अद्भुतात्: wonderful, marvelous
• अद्भुतात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रभावात्)

• भूमेः: of the earth
• भूमेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सलिलस्य: of water
• सलिलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तेजसः: of energy/splendor
• तेजसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• परिग्रहात्: from the association/acceptance
• परिग्रहात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred places
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पुण्यता: holiness, merit
• पुण्यता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यता (प्रातिपदिक; भावप्रत्यय -ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्मृता: is considered
• स्मृता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: General tīrtha-prabhāva (bhūmi-salila-muni-kāraṇa)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha landscape where the ground itself glows subtly; a radiant river/kuṇḍa emits light; sages sit in meditation and accept offerings (parigraha) from pilgrims; the air shimmers with ‘tejas’ indicating sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi (sacred ground)
• Salila (sacred waters)
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-holiness is not arbitrary; it is grounded in the potency of place, the sanctity of waters, and the spiritual presence of sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site; the verse defines universal causes of tīrtha sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies reverence for sacred land, water, and sage-association as the basis of pilgrimage.