Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

हंसतीर्थं तदारभ्य कृत्तिवास समीपतः । नाम्ना ख्यातमभूल्लोके तत्कुंडं कलशोद्भव

Transliteration

haṃsatīrthaṃ tadārabhya kṛttivāsa samīpataḥ | nāmnā khyātamabhūlloke tatkuṃḍaṃ kalaśodbhava

Translation

นับแต่นั้นมา สระนั้นใกล้กฤตติวาสะ ก็เลื่องลือไปทั่วโลกด้วยนามว่า “หังสตีรถะ” โอ้ กละโศทภวะ (อคัสตยะ)

Word by Word

• haṃsatīrtham: Haṃsa-tīrtha (Swan-ford)
• haṃsatīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘हंसस्य तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Avadhi (Starting point/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + rabh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘beginning from’

• kṛttivāsa: O Kṛttivāsa
• kṛttivāsa: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtti + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक; समास/नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (पाठे संबोधन-प्रायः); ‘कृत्तिः वासः यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीहि-नाम्नि रूढ; here as proper name ‘Kṛttivāsa’

• samīpataḥ: nearby
• samīpataḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय ‘-तः’; ‘near/from near’ (adverb)

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘by name’

• khyātam: became famous
• khyātam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘became known/was famed’

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमा-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘was/became’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tatkuṇḍam: that pond
• tatkuṇḍam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत् कुण्डम्’ (that very pond) कर्मधारय/सर्वनामपूर्वपद-समास

• kalaśodbhava: O Kalaśodbhava (Agastya)
• kalaśodbhava: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; ‘कलशात् उद्भवः’ इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः; epithet of Agastya

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśī-khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haṃsatīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Kalaśodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, sanctified pond beside the Kṛttivāsa area; pilgrims and sages speak of its new name ‘Haṃsatīrtha’; swans glide peacefully, signifying the site’s established identity.

Characters & Entities

• Haṃsatīrtha
• Kṛttivāsa
• Agastya (Kalaśodbhava)
• Kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places gain enduring renown through their saving acts; the tīrtha-name memorializes its power to purify and uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Haṃsatīrtha—the kuṇḍa near Kṛttivāsa in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicitly here; it establishes the tīrtha’s identity and location for pilgrims.