Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततः प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं प्रख्यातं धरणीतले । दशाश्वमेधिकमिति सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale | daśāśvamedhikamiti sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

พระอีศวรตรัสว่า: นับแต่นั้นเป็นต้นมา ตีรถะนั้นเลื่องลือทั่วแผ่นดินในนาม “ทศาศวเมธิกะ” ผู้ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (ablative adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• प्रभृति: from then on
• प्रभृति: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आरम्भवाचक (from/beginning with)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तीर्थम् इति विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रख्यातम्: well-known, renowned
• प्रख्यातम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ख्यात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तीर्थम् इति विशेषण

• धरणीतले: on the earth’s surface
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—धरणी + तल (तत्पुरुष)

• दशाश्वमेधिकम्: Daśāśvamedhika
• दशाश्वमेधिकम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + अश्वमेधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus, called
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश (quotative particle)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तीर्थम् इति विशेषण; समासः—सर्वपापस्य प्रणाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśāśvamedhika

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) declares the tīrtha’s renown on earth; a sacred shoreline/riverbank with pilgrims, banners naming ‘Daśāśvamedhika’.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Daśāśvamedhika Tīrtha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s enduring power lies in its divinely affirmed capacity to purify, making sacred geography a living support for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Daśāśvamedhika Tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tīrtha-sevā such as bathing and worship; the verse emphasizes the site’s sin-destroying nature.