Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । त्वया कृतं हि यत्तीर्थं दक्षिणस्योदधेस्तटे । धर्मपुष्करिणीत्येषा लोके ख्याता भविष्यति

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tvayā kṛtaṃ hi yattīrthaṃ dakṣiṇasyodadhestaṭe | dharmapuṣkariṇītyeṣā loke khyātā bhaviṣyati

Translation

พระอีศวรตรัสว่า “ท่านได้สถาปนาตีรถะ ณ ฝั่งมหาสมุทรทิศใต้ ที่นั้นจักเลื่องลือในโลกนามว่า ‘ธรรมปุษกรินี’”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Speech verb/वचनक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa/Karta (Agent-instrument ‘by you’/करण-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कृतम्: made, done
• कृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Participial adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (तीर्थम् इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/causal particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/कारण सूचक particle)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Relative determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक/relative pronoun (तीर्थम् विशेषयति)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दक्षिणस्य: southern
• दक्षिणस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (उदधेः विशेषण)

• उदधेः: of the ocean
• उदधेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तटे: on the shore
• तटे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• धर्मपुष्करिणी: Dharma-Puṣkariṇī (Dharma’s tank)
• धर्मपुष्करिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣkariṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मस्य पुष्करिणी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: as (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देश/quotative)

• एषा: this (she/it)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ख्याता: renowned, famous
• ख्याता: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक-विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (एषा इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma (addressed); Gālava (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, seated on the bull-form Dharma, points toward a sacred water-body near the ocean and proclaims its future renown as Dharmapuṣkariṇī; sages record the decree.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Dharma
• Dharmapuṣkariṇī
• Dakṣiṇa-udadhi (Southern Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes powerful through dharmic agency and divine recognition—holy geography is revealed as a meeting of righteous action and God’s sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmapuṣkariṇī, a tīrtha on the shore of the Southern Ocean, within the Setukhaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies tīrtha-sevā such as pilgrimage and sacred bathing, though it does not specify a particular rite.