Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थोद्भवं तस्य पुण्यं भूयात्पुरंदर । नाधोगतिमवाप्नोति विबुधैस्सह मोदताम् । तथेत्युक्त्वा ततः शक्रस्त त्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवत्

Transliteration

sarvatīrthodbhavaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ bhūyātpuraṃdara | nādhogatimavāpnoti vibudhaissaha modatām | tathetyuktvā tataḥ śakrasta traivāntarhito'bhavat

Translation

โอ้ปุรันทรา ขอให้บุญของเขาเสมอด้วยบุญที่บังเกิดจากตีรถะทั้งปวง เขาย่อมไม่ตกสู่อัปคติ ขอให้รื่นรมย์ร่วมกับเหล่าเทวะ ครั้นตรัสว่า “เป็นเช่นนั้น” แล้ว ศักระ (อินทรา) ก็อันตรธานไปจากที่นั้น

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थोद्भवम्: arising from all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थोद्भवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् उद्भवम्/उद्भूतम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular qualifying पुण्यम्

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject; of भूयात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here प्रथमा as subject of भूयात्

• भूयात्: may it become/be
• भूयात्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Optative 3rd sg, परस्मैपद

• पुरंदर: O Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन; Vocative singular (epithet of Indra)

• न: not
• न: Negation particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अधोगतिम्: a downward state/hellish fall
• अधोगतिम्: Karma (Object; of अवाप्नोति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अधः-गति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present 3rd sg, परस्मैपद

• विबुधैः: with the gods
• विबुधैः: Sahakāraka (Association/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• मोदताम्: let them rejoice
• मोदताम्: Kriyā (Benedictive/imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Imperative 3rd pl, आत्मनेपद (आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे/आज्ञार्थे)

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), Absolutive/gerund

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• त्रैव: just then/at that very moment
• त्रैव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: सन्ध्यन्तरित-निपातसमुच्चय; ‘त्रि’ used adverbially with एव (emphatic)

• अन्तर्हितः: disappeared/hidden
• अन्तर्हितः: Kriyā (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Predicate adjective with अभवत्

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Imperfect 3rd sg, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (first two pādas), then narrator voice for Indra’s departure (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha (within Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purandara addressed (Indra himself bears epithet; verse frames a benediction addressed to ‘Purandara’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra/Purandara) pronounces a boon that the devotee’s merit equals that of all tīrthas; the blessed one is promised no lower rebirth and joy among gods; Indra then vanishes (antarhita).

Characters & Entities

• Purandara
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vibudhas (Devas)
• Sarva-tīrtha puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper rites at a sanctified place can yield ‘all-tīrtha’ merit and protect one from spiritual downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣitīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised as conferring sarva-tīrtha-samāna puṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied rite is the previously stated tri-rātra fast, snāna, Pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and śrāddha whose fruit is now declared.