Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवं स निश्चयं कृत्वा यज्ञार्थं सुरसुंदरि । तीर्थं निवेशयामास पुष्करं नाम नामतः

Transliteration

evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā yajñārthaṃ surasuṃdari | tīrthaṃ niveśayāmāsa puṣkaraṃ nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

ครั้นตั้งปณิธานเพื่อยัญพิธีแล้ว โอ้กุมารีทิพย์ เขาได้สถาปนาตีรถะ ณ ที่นั้น ซึ่งเลื่องชื่อโดยนามว่า ‘ปุษกร’

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Manner (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीतिवाचक (adverb: thus)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निश्चयम्: a decision; resolve
• निश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• यज्ञार्थम्: for the sake of sacrifice
• यज्ञार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः/प्रयोजनवाचकः (यज्ञस्य अर्थः/यज्ञाय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सुरसुन्दरि: O beautiful one among the gods
• सुरसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (सुरा इव सुन्दरी/सुरेषु सुन्दरी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• निवेशयामास: established; caused to be set up
• निवेशयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√विश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara (name)
• पुष्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तीर्थस्य नाम

• नाम: named
• नाम: Apposition/Name marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (particle: 'named')

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Specification (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतौ/प्रकारे (adverb: by name/as to name)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa-context tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: surasuṃdarī (divine maiden)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine maiden is addressed; the founder, after firm resolve for yajña, establishes a tīrtha named Puṣkara—depicted as consecrating waters, marking boundaries, and invoking sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Tīrtha
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred intention (niścaya) directed toward yajña becomes sanctified as sacred geography—dharma can found a tīrtha for the welfare of many.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara Tīrtha, established within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse frames the founding of a tīrtha specifically for a yajña (sacrificial rite), implying ritual sanctification of place.