Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एकस्थमेतत्त्रितयं स्वर्गापवर्गकारणम् । सेवितं चर्षिभिः सिद्धैस्तीर्थं सर्वत्र विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

ekasthametattritayaṃ svargāpavargakāraṇam | sevitaṃ carṣibhiḥ siddhaistīrthaṃ sarvatra viśrutam

Translation

ตรีประการนี้ตั้งอยู่ ณ ที่เดียว เป็นเหตุแห่งสวรรค์และอปวรรคะ (โมกษะ) ตีรถะนี้ได้รับการบำเพ็ญสักการะโดยฤๅษีและสิทธะ จึงเลื่องลือไปทั่วทุกแห่ง

Word by Word

• eka-stham: situated in one place
• eka-stham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ekasmin sthitam)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tritayam: triad (set of three)
• tritayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• svarga-apavarga-kāraṇam: cause of heaven and liberation
• svarga-apavarga-kāraṇam: Samanaadhikarana (Predicate nominal/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + apavarga (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (svargasya apavargasya ca kāraṇam)

• sevitam: frequented
• sevitam: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sev (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सेवितम्’ = ‘frequented/served’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karana (Agent/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• siddhaiḥ: by siddhas
• siddhaiḥ: Karana (Agent/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• tīrtham: the sacred place
• tīrtham: Samanaadhikarana (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘तīrtham’ इति समानााधिकरणम् (tritayam)

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Desha-adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• viśrutam: renowned
• viśrutam: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-śru (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विश्रुतम्’ = ‘well-known’

Speaker

Bhūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekastha-tritaya tīrtha (centered on Gaṅgākūpaka/Govatsa within Sarasvatī–Śiva-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred complex showing three sanctified nodes in one frame—well (Gaṅgākūpaka), Govatsa marker, and a Śiva precinct—visited by sages and siddhas; a bifurcating luminous path symbolizes svarga and apavarga.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Ṛṣis
• Siddhas
• Svarga
• Apavarga (mokṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography teaches that certain confluences of holy powers can grant both worldly merit (svarga) and ultimate release (apavarga).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s ‘triad in one place’—centered on Govatsa and Gaṅgākūpaka within the Sarasvatī–Śiva-kṣetra—is praised as universally renowned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is mandated; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s stature and the exemplary practice of sages and siddhas who frequent it.