Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

प्रच्छन्नानि द्विजवरास्तीर्थानि कलिसंक्रमे । प्लावितानि समुद्रेण पांसुनाऽप्युदकेन च

Transliteration

pracchannāni dvijavarāstīrthāni kalisaṃkrame | plāvitāni samudreṇa pāṃsunā'pyudakena ca

Translation

اے برہمنوں میں برتر! کلی یگ کے آغاز پر یہ تیرتھ پوشیدہ ہو گئے؛ سمندر نے انہیں ڈھانپ لیا، اور ریت اور پانی سے بھی وہ چھپ گئے۔

Word by Word

• प्रच्छन्नानि: covered/hidden
• प्रच्छन्नानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + छद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीर्थानि)

• द्विजवराः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजवराः: Sambodhana (Address/Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (वराः द्विजाः)

• तीर्थानि: tīrthas
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कलिसंक्रमे: at the advent/transition of Kali (age)
• कलिसंक्रमे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि + संक्रम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कलौ संक्रमणः)

• प्लावितानि: flooded/inundated
• प्लावितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्लु (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीर्थानि)

• समुद्रेण: by the sea
• समुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पांसुना: by sand/dust
• पांसुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• उदकेन: by water
• उदकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrthas (concealed)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-vara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred landscape where shrines and tīrtha-steps are half-buried; waves surge, sand drifts cover ancient markers; brāhmaṇas listen as the speaker points to the sea’s encroachment.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Ocean (Samudra)
• Dvārakā tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when sacred sites become physically obscured in Kali-yuga, their sanctity remains, and remembering them sustains pilgrimage-consciousness and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā-region tīrthas as a whole, described as becoming hidden due to oceanic and environmental changes in Kali-yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the condition of the tīrthas (concealed/flooded) in Kali-yuga.