Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि दैवतानि तथा पुनः । पूजितानि च सर्वाणि कुण्डस्नानप्रभावतः

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni daivatāni tathā punaḥ | pūjitāni ca sarvāṇi kuṇḍasnānaprabhāvataḥ

Translation

اس کُنڈ میں اشنان کی قوت سے زمین کے سب تیرتھ اور سب دیوتا بھی گویا سب کے سب پوجے ہوئے مانے جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• pṛthivyām: on earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana

• yāni: which
• yāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• daivatāni: deities/divine beings
• daivatāni: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Upamā/saṃgraha-avyaya (adverb: likewise)

• punaḥ: again/further
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Punara-avyaya (adverb: again/further)

• pūjitāni: (are) worshipped/honoured
• pūjitāni: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; karmavācya (passive sense)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• kuṇḍa-snāna-prabhāvataḥ: due to the power of bathing in the kuṇḍa
• kuṇḍa-snāna-prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa + snāna + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī (5th), Ekavacana; hetu-ablative: kuṇḍasnānasya prabhāvaḥ (genitive-tatpuruṣa within)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred kuṇḍa within Prabhāsa: calm water, steps (ghāṭa), priests with water-pots; above, a subtle celestial assembly of devatās and symbolic emblems of many tīrthas converging into the kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa
• Snāna
• Tīrtha
• Daivata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One supremely sanctified place can concentrate the fruits of many pilgrimages; sincere snāna becomes a complete act of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa of Prabhāsakṣetra (contextually Brahmakuṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kuṇḍa-snāna (bathing in the sacred tank), said to equal worship of all tīrthas and deities.