Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

तीर्थेषु सुप्रसिद्धेषु नदीनदयुतेषु च । वाराणस्यां प्रयागे च प्रभासे कुरुजांगले

Transliteration

tīrtheṣu suprasiddheṣu nadīnadayuteṣu ca | vārāṇasyāṃ prayāge ca prabhāse kurujāṃgale

Translation

نہایت مشہور تیرتھوں میں، بے شمار ندیوں اور نالوں میں—وارانسی، پریاگ، پربھاس اور کُروجانگل کے علاقے میں—(میں نے یاترا کے اعمال ادا کیے ہیں)۔

Word by Word

• तीर्थेषु: in sacred places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• सुप्रसिद्धेषु: well-renowned
• सुप्रसिद्धेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तीर्थेषु इति विशेषण

• नदी-नद-युतेषु: endowed with rivers and streams
• नदी-नद-युतेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक) + नद (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (नदीभिः नदैः च युतानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī
• वाराणस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• प्रयागे: in Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कुरुजाङ्गले: in Kuru-jāṅgala
• कुरुजाङ्गले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुजाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śakra (Indra/Vāsava), lamenting his impurity despite pilgrimages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāṇasī; Prayāga; Prabhāsa; Kurujāṅgala (regional tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A litany-vision of four famed landscapes: Kāśī’s ghāṭas and liṅgas, Prayāga’s confluence, Prabhāsa’s sea-shore shrine, and the plains of Kurujāṅgala with ancient tīrthas—presented as a pilgrim’s remembered map.

Characters & Entities

• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
• Prayāga
• Prabhāsa
• Kurujāṅgala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even extensive pilgrimage must be joined with inner purification; mere travel to tīrthas is not automatically liberating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī), Prayāga, Prabhāsa, and Kurujāṅgala are listed as celebrated tīrtha-regions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage and implied snāna (ritual bathing) at renowned tīrthas and rivers.