Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

उद्धवस्य च तीर्थं तु सारंगाख्यं तथैव च । सत्यभामाकृतं तीर्थं भद्रातीर्थमतः परम्

Transliteration

uddhavasya ca tīrthaṃ tu sāraṃgākhyaṃ tathaiva ca | satyabhāmākṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ bhadrātīrthamataḥ param

Translation

یہاں اُدھو کا تیرتھ بھی ہے اور سارانگ کے نام سے معروف تیرتھ بھی؛ ستیہ بھاما کے قائم کردہ تیرتھ کے بعد بھدرا تیرتھ ہے۔

Word by Word

• उद्धवस्य: of Uddhava
• उद्धवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• तीर्थम्: (the) tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सूचीकरणे (in enumeration)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrast)

• सारंगाख्यम्: named Sāraṅga
• सारंगाख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारंग + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of तीर्थम्; ‘सारंग-आख्य’ = ‘named Sāraṅga’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘likewise/so’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

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

• सत्यभामाकृतम्: made/established by Satyabhāmā
• सत्यभामाकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यभामा + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘made by’; विशेषण of तीर्थम्

• तीर्थम्: (the) tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सूचीकरणे (in enumeration)

• भद्रातीर्थम्: Bhadrā-tīrtha
• भद्रातीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अतः: then/from there
• अतः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अनन्तर/ततः (from here/thereafter)

• परम्: next/another
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (elliptic: ‘next/another [tīrtha]’)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual narrator addressing brāhmaṇas/sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uddhava-tīrtha; Sāraṅga-tīrtha; Satyabhāmā-kṛta-tīrtha; Bhadrā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene tīrtha-kunda where Uddhava is remembered in contemplation; nearby a marker with a bow emblem for Sāraṅga; Satyabhāmā’s tīrtha adorned with royal parasol motif; Bhadrā-tīrtha with protective symbols and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Sāraṅga
• Satyabhāmā
• Bhadrā
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places gain enduring sanctity through association with exemplary devotees and divine companions, turning geography into a map of remembrance and bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uddhava-Tīrtha, Sāraṅga-nāma Tīrtha, Satyabhāmā-kṛta Tīrtha, and Bhadrā-Tīrtha in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the context of tīrtha-listing implies visiting and bathing as part of tīrtha-yātrā.