Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

निखातं मम तत्रैव शिरः कायेन संयुतम् । खातं कृत्वा प्रिये तत्र ब्रह्मतीर्थस्य चोत्तरे

Transliteration

nikhātaṃ mama tatraiva śiraḥ kāyena saṃyutam | khātaṃ kṛtvā priye tatra brahmatīrthasya cottare

Translation

ณ ที่นั่นเอง ศีรษะของข้าที่ต่อเข้ากับร่างกายถูกฝังไว้ โอ้ ที่รัก มีการขุดหลุมขึ้นทางทิศเหนือของบรมตีรยะ

Word by Word

• nikhātam: buried, dug in
• nikhātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni√khan (धातु) → nikhāta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle (kta), neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; pronoun genitive singular

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

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• śiraḥ: head
• śiraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• kāyena: with the body
• kāyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; masculine, instrumental singular

• saṃyutam: joined, connected
• saṃyutam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√yuj (धातु) → saṃyuta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• khātam: a pit dug / dug
• khātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √khan (धातु) → khāta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• kṛtvā: having done, having made
• kṛtvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; feminine vocative singular

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

• brahmatīrthasya: of Brahma-tīrtha
• brahmatīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; neuter genitive singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ tīrtham)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• uttare: to the north / on the northern side
• uttare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; neuter locative singular

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Priye’ (beloved addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fearful kinsman digs a pit in sandy coastal soil; the body is arranged with head reunited; burial north of a sacred water spot; distant shrine/ghat visible; mood of secrecy and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Brahma-tīrtha
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas anchor spiritual teaching in precise sacred geography, implying that proximity to tīrthas influences purification and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahma-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the area to its north.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied funerary handling (burial/placement) near a tīrtha; no formal śrāddha or mantra is specified in this verse.