Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्य चोत्तरदिग्भागे सावित्रीकुण्डमुत्तमम् । स्नानदानादिकं कुर्वन्यत्र याति शुभां गतिम्

Transliteration

tasya cottaradigbhāge sāvitrīkuṇḍamuttamam | snānadānādikaṃ kurvanyatra yāti śubhāṃ gatim

Translation

اس کے شمالی حصے میں عالی شان ساوتری کُنڈ ہے۔ وہاں اشنان، دان اور دیگر کرم کرنے سے انسان شُبھ گتی کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Genitive singular of 'tad')

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

• उत्तर-दिक्-भागे: in the northern side/portion
• उत्तर-दिक्-भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (Locative singular: 'in the northern-direction part')

• सावित्री-कुण्डम्: the Sāvitrī pond
• सावित्री-कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/उद्देश्य-निर्देश (neuter sg; here as the named pond)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'kuṇḍam')

• स्नान-दान-आदिकम्: bathing, giving (charity), etc.
• स्नान-दान-आदिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective dvandva)

• कुर्वन्: doing, performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (doing)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'gatim')

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of 'yāti')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim group walks to the northern side of Tripuṣkara and reaches Sāvitrī-kuṇḍa; they bathe, offer lamps and charity, invoking Sāvitrī’s purity and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī-kuṇḍa
• Tripuṣkara
• Snāna
• Dāna
• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred micro-geography matters: even adjacent tīrthas (like Sāvitrī-kuṇḍa) have distinct merit when honored by rites.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Sāvitrī-kuṇḍa, located to the north of Tripuṣkara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), and allied observances at Sāvitrī-kuṇḍa for auspicious attainment.