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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

तस्मादुत्तरदिग्भागे नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम् । यत्र चन्द्रोदकं देवि जरादारिद्र्यनाशनम्

tasmāduttaradigbhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam | yatra candrodakaṃ devi jarādāridryanāśanam

అక్కడి నుండి ఉత్తర దిశలో, ఎక్కువ దూరం కాకుండా, హే దేవీ, ‘చంద్రోదకం’ లభించే స్థలం ఉంది—అది జరా మరియు దారిద్ర్యాన్ని నశింపజేస్తుంది।

tasmātfrom there
tasmāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb)
uttaradigbhāgein the northern region
uttaradigbhāge:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootuttara-dik-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
atidūretoo far away
atidūre:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati-dūra (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गसमास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययीभाववत्; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative: at too great a distance)
vyavasthitamsituated
vyavasthitam:
Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-ava-sthā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
Formक्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्थित/स्थितम् (situated)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: where)
candrodakammoon-water
candrodakam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcandra-udaka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय
deviO देवी
devi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
jarādāridryanāśanamdestroying old age and poverty
jarādāridryanāśanam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjarā-dāridrya-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (destroyer of old age and poverty)

Śiva (Īśvara) (continued context from previous verse)

Tirtha: Candrodaka

Type: kund

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Scene: A moonlit northern path from the main Prabhāsa precinct leads to a small luminous water-body; the water gleams like liquid moonlight while pilgrims approach with lamps and folded hands.

Ś
Śiva (Īśvara)
D
Devī (Pārvatī)
C
Candrodaka

FAQs

Divine tīrtha-waters are portrayed as channels of grace that relieve both bodily decline and worldly hardship when approached with faith.

Candrodaka, a sacred water-source/tīrtha located north of the previously mentioned spot near Candrasaras/Indrasthāna.

Implied use of the tīrtha-water (snāna/pāna as customary), though the verse chiefly states its location and phala (benefit).