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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

अथाऽसीन्महदाश्चर्य्यं शृण्वन्तु ऋषिसत्तमाः । कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रयागं च सव्यदक्षिणपार्श्वयोः

athā'sīnmahadāścaryyaṃ śṛṇvantu ṛṣisattamāḥ | kurukṣetraṃ prayāgaṃ ca savyadakṣiṇapārśvayoḥ

แล้วก็เกิดอัศจรรย์ยิ่งใหญ่ขึ้น—จงฟังเถิด โอ้ฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ: กุรุเกษตรและประยาคปรากฏขึ้น ณ เบื้องซ้ายและเบื้องขวา

अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/then)
आसीत्there was
आसीत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
महत्great
महत्:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)
आश्चर्यम्wonder, marvel
आश्चर्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)
शृण्वन्तुlet (them) hear
शृण्वन्तु:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
ऋषि-सत्तमाःO best of sages
ऋषि-सत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (Addressee/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘ऋषीणां सत्तमाः’
कुरुक्षेत्रम्Kurukṣetra
कुरुक्षेत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)
प्रयागम्Prayāga
प्रयागम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
सव्य-दक्षिण-पार्श्वयोःon the left and right sides
सव्य-दक्षिण-पार्श्वयोः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), द्विवचन (dual); द्वन्द्वसमास: ‘सव्यं च दक्षिणं च’ (left and right) + पार्श्वयोः (on the two sides)

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as tīrtha-sāra)

Type: kshetra

Listener: ṛṣis (best of sages)

Scene: At Dvārakā, a miraculous vision manifests: Kurukṣetra appears on one side and Prayāga on the other, as if two sacred landscapes flank the central kṣetra, forming a triad of pilgrimage power.

K
Kurukṣetra
P
Prayāga
D
Dvārakā

FAQs

In the Purāṇic vision, supreme tīrthas can converge—Dvārakā’s greatness is shown by other holy places manifesting near it.

Dvārakā, in whose presence Kurukṣetra and Prayāga are shown as if attending it.

No explicit ritual; the verse presents a miraculous manifestation emphasizing tīrtha-mahattva.