Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

इति ते चातिविख्याताः पवित्राः पञ्च भैरवाः । ब्रह्मकुण्डसमीपस्थाः कथितास्तव सुन्दरि

Transliteration

iti te cātivikhyātāḥ pavitrāḥ pañca bhairavāḥ | brahmakuṇḍasamīpasthāḥ kathitāstava sundari

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้ผู้เลอโฉม ข้าพเจ้าได้บอกแก่ท่านถึงภैरवะทั้งห้า ผู้เลื่องลือยิ่งและชำระให้บริสุทธิ์ ผู้สถิตอยู่ใกล้พรหมกุณฑะ

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/thus)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी/षष्ठी?; बहुवचन; (contextually: ‘to you’ = चतुर्थी बहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अतिविख्याताः: very renowned
• अतिविख्याताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग) + विख्यात (ख्यात √ख्यात/ख्याय् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• पवित्राः: holy
• पवित्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; (here) प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे; विशेषण

• भैरवाः: Bhairavas
• भैरवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मकुण्डसमीपस्थाः: situated near Brahmakunda
• ब्रह्मकुण्डसमीपस्थाः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मकुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (√स्था धातु, क्त/प्रत्ययान्त ‘स्थ’ as adjectival base)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; समासान्त विशेषण; ‘ब्रह्मकुण्डस्य समीपे स्थाः’

• कथिताः: have been told
• कथिताः: Karma (Predicate participle/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (√कथ् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (said/declared)

• तव: of you / to you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; addressed to a देवी/महादेवी figure; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (with Pañca Bhairava sannidhi)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed lady (sundarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Five distinct Bhairava forms stand or sit around the sacred pond’s perimeter, each with characteristic weapons and vāhana, forming a protective mandala around Brahmakuṇḍa; pilgrims approach with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Pañca Bhairava
• Brahmakuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are protected and sanctified by powerful kṣetrapālas; remembering them is itself purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with emphasis on the nearby pañca-bhairavas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse concludes a description of the five Bhairavas as purifiers of the Brahmakuṇḍa area.