Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तप्तोदकुंडसामीप्ये तत्र गच्छत भोः सुराः । कल्पेकल्पे तु तेनैव विध्यतेऽसौ हि दानवः

Transliteration

taptodakuṃḍasāmīpye tatra gacchata bhoḥ surāḥ | kalpekalpe tu tenaiva vidhyate'sau hi dānavaḥ

Translation

ใกล้สระตัปโตทกะ—พวกท่านจงไปที่นั่นเถิด โอ้เหล่าเทวะ; ในทุกกัลป์ ยักษ์ดานวะผู้นี้ถูกปราบลงด้วยท่านผู้นั้น (สตุติสวามิน) นั่นเอง

Word by Word

• तप्तोदकुंडसामीप्ये: near the hot-water pond
• तप्तोदकुंडसामीप्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + सामीप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—‘तप्तोदककुण्ड’ (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः: तप्तं उदकं यस्मिन्) + ‘सामीप्य’ (तत्पुरुषः: तस्य सामीप्ये)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• गच्छत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• भोः: O!
• भोः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपातः (vocative particle)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• कल्पे: in an aeon
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कल्पे: in (each) aeon
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्तिः (कल्पे कल्पे = प्रत्येककल्पे)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपातः

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः

• विध्यते: is struck/slain
• विध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्/विध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपातः

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; असौ इति विशेष्यः

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptodaka-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas are instructed to go to Taptodaka-kuṇḍa near the Stutisvāmin shrine; the pond steams subtly, ringed by stone steps and sacred trees; the narrative overlays cosmic time—each kalpa the dānava is struck down there by the shrine’s power.

Characters & Entities

• Taptodaka Kuṇḍa
• Devas
• Stutisvāmin
• Talo (dānava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya presents sacred sites as recurring centers of divine protection across cycles of time, reaffirming trust in the tirtha’s sustaining power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Taptodaka Kuṇḍa (the Taptodaka pond) near Prabhāsakṣetra, associated with the shrine/deity Stutisvāmin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse gives a pilgrimage instruction—‘go there’—but does not specify a formal rite such as snāna or dāna.