Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

कृष्णरूपी वृषो देवि यदा श्वेतत्वमागतः । शंडतीर्थमितिख्यातं तेन त्रैलोक्यपूजितम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇarūpī vṛṣo devi yadā śvetatvamāgataḥ | śaṃḍatīrthamitikhyātaṃ tena trailokyapūjitam

Translation

ข้าแต่เทวี เมื่อโคอุสภะผู้มีรูปดำได้บรรลุความขาวผ่อง สถานนั้นจึงเลื่องชื่อว่า “ศัณฑตีรถะ” และด้วยเหตุนี้เองจึงเป็นที่สักการะในไตรโลก

Word by Word

• कृष्ण: black
• कृष्ण: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (stem in compound)

• रूपी: having the form (of), in the form of
• रूपी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्राय)
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (qualifying वृषः)

• वृषः: bull
• वृषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन (vocative)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: “when”)

• श्वेतत्वम्: whiteness
• श्वेतत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (object of motion/attainment)

• आगतः: having attained, having come to
• आगतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग: आ-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (agreeing with वृषः)

• शण्ड: Śaṇḍa (name)
• शण्ड: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound; proper name)

• तीर्थम्: the Śaṇḍa-tīrtha (pilgrimage ford)
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शण्ड + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास: तत्पुरुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• इति: thus, called
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: known, famed
• ख्यातम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• तेन: by that, therefore
• तेन: Karana (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (instrumental: “by that/therefore”)

• त्रैलोक्य: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास: द्विगु/तत्पुरुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound: “of the three worlds”)

• पूजितम्: worshipped by the three worlds
• पूजितम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + पूजित (कृदन्त; √पूज् (धातु) + क्त; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃḍatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a coastal/riverine Prabhāsa tīrtha, a bull once black now radiant white stands near the water; devas and sages gesture in reverence as the place is proclaimed Śaṃḍatīrtha, worthy of worship in the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃḍatīrtha
• vṛṣa (bull)
• trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are sanctified not only by geography but by sacred events that reveal divine purification and transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃḍatīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse primarily explains the tīrtha’s fame and origin.