Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तीर्थानामष्टकोटिस्तु निवसंति वरानने । एकादश्यां विशेषेण चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे तथा

Transliteration

tīrthānāmaṣṭakoṭistu nivasaṃti varānane | ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa candrasūryagrahe tathā

Translation

హే వరాననే! అక్కడ తీర్థాల ఎనిమిది కోట్లు నివసిస్తాయి—ప్రత్యేకంగా ఏకాదశినాడు, అలాగే చంద్రగ్రహణం మరియు సూర్యగ్రహణ సమయంలో కూడా.

Word by Word

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred fords
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अष्टकोटिः: eight crores
• अष्टकोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (अष्ट कोटयः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• निवसन्ति: reside, dwell
• निवसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (वरम् आननं यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (instrumental used adverbially: especially)

• चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे: during lunar and solar eclipses
• चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + सूर्य + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (चन्द्रग्रहः च सूर्यग्रहः च), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Conjunction/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī/Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-sky eclipse over the sacred ford; pilgrims gather with lamps, performing snāna and japa; above the water, eight-crore tīrthas appear as shimmering presences; a calendar-like motif highlights Ekādaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Ekādaśī
• Candra-grahaṇa
• Sūrya-grahaṇa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred times (Ekādaśī and eclipses) intensify the sanctity of sacred places and rituals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, described as hosting countless tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observances connected with Ekādaśī and eclipse-times, especially tīrtha-related acts like snāna and dāna.