Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्मादुत्तरदिग्भागे नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम् । यत्र चन्द्रोदकं देवि जरादारिद्र्यनाशनम्

Transliteration

tasmāduttaradigbhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam | yatra candrodakaṃ devi jarādāridryanāśanam

Translation

Mula roon, sa gawing hilaga at hindi kalayuan, naroon ang pook na kinaroroonan ng Candrodaka, ang “tubig ng Buwan,” o Diyosa—tagapagpawi ng katandaan at karalitaan.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: from there
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb)

• uttaradigbhāge: in the northern region
• uttaradigbhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara-dik-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• atidūre: too far away
• atidūre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-dūra (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गसमास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययीभाववत्; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative: at too great a distance)

• vyavasthitam: situated
• vyavasthitam: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-sthā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्थित/स्थितम् (situated)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: where)

• candrodakam: moon-water
• candrodakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra-udaka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• jarādāridryanāśanam: destroying old age and poverty
• jarādāridryanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā-dāridrya-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (destroyer of old age and poverty)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (continued context from previous verse)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Candrodaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine tīrtha-waters are portrayed as channels of grace that relieve both bodily decline and worldly hardship when approached with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrodaka, a sacred water-source/tīrtha located north of the previously mentioned spot near Candrasaras/Indrasthāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied use of the tīrtha-water (snāna/pāna as customary), though the verse chiefly states its location and phala (benefit).