Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

कृष्णतीर्थं ततो जातं नाम्ना हि धरणीतले । शृणु पार्थिवशार्दूल तत्र स्नातस्य यत्फलम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇatīrthaṃ tato jātaṃ nāmnā hi dharaṇītale | śṛṇu pārthivaśārdūla tatra snātasya yatphalam

Translation

اسی سے زمین پر وہ ‘کرشن تیرتھ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔ سنو، اے بادشاہوں کے شیر، وہاں اشنان کرنے کا پھل کیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• कृष्णतीर्थम्: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha
• कृष्णतीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha: sacred ford named Kṛṣṇa)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon)

• जातम्: arose
• जातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (born/arisen)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (by name/as named)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed)

• धरणीतले: on earth
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (on the surface of the earth)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (hear)

• पार्थिवशार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• पार्थिवशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (O tiger among kings)

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

• स्नातस्य: of one who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (of one who has bathed)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (which)

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (fruit/result)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha

Type: kund/ghat-associated tīrtha (hrada context follows)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva-śārdūla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator gestures toward a newly sanctified waterbody as attendants and a king listen; a subtle inscription-like banner ‘Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha’ appears in the scene’s symbolic space.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇatīrtha
• Arbuda (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha gains enduring power through divine origin and naming; hearing and following its māhātmya leads devotees toward merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇatīrtha (a sacred bathing-place associated with Arbuda-parvata).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Kṛṣṇatīrtha, with promised spiritual results.