Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा तमीशानस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । वासुदेवोऽपि तल्लिंगं गृहीत्वाऽर्बुदपर्वते । निर्झरे स्थापयामास सुपुण्ये विमलोदके

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | evamuktvā tamīśānastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | vāsudevo'pi talliṃgaṃ gṛhītvā'rbudaparvate | nirjhare sthāpayāmāsa supuṇye vimalodake

Translation

ปุลัสตยะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระอีศานะก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเอง ส่วนพระวาสุเทวะก็อัญเชิญลึงค์นั้นไปประดิษฐาน ณ เขาอรพุทะ ที่ธารน้ำพุอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ มีน้ำใสบริสุทธิ์ยิ่ง

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Pulastya)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (said)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive: having spoken)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (him)

• ईशानः: the Lord
• ईशानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (the Lord)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (just/indeed)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (disappeared)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Vāsudeva)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (that)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (liṅga)

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive: having taken)

• अर्बुदपर्वते: on Arbuda mountain
• अर्बुदपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Arbuda-mountain: on Arbuda mountain)

• निर्झरे: at a waterfall/spring
• निर्झरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (at the waterfall/spring)

• स्थापयामास: installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (caused to be placed/installed)

• सुपुण्ये: in very holy
• सुपुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (in very holy)

• विमलोदके: in clear water
• विमलोदके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमल + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (in clear water)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Emergent) Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha / Kṛṣṇa-hrada complex (named explicitly in following verses)

Type: kund (hrada) / nirjhara-associated tīrtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva-śārdūla (a king; addressed explicitly in v.34.50)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya narrates as Īśāna (a form of Śiva) vanishes; Vāsudeva carries a radiant liṅga to a mountain spring and installs it beside crystal-clear cascading water.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Īśāna (Śiva)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• Arbuda-parvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is born from divine acts: installing a liṅga at a pure spring transforms the landscape into a locus of merit for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A holy spring (nirjhara) on Arbuda-parvata where the liṅga is installed—later identified with Kṛṣṇatīrtha/Kṛṣṇahrada traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana (installation) at a sanctified water-source; the verse implies tīrtha-creation through consecration.