Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा । सप्तपातालसहिता तीर्थकोटिभिरावृता

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasundharā | saptapātālasahitā tīrthakoṭibhirāvṛtā

Translation

اس کے پردکشنا کرنے سے سات دیپوں والی زمین، سات پاتالوں سمیت، کروڑوں تیرتھوں سے گھری ہوئی—گویا پوری کی پوری پردکشنا ہو جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणीकृता: (has been) circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रदक्षिणी + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr/Agent-instrument (Agent/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सप्तद्वीपा: having seven continents
• सप्तद्वीपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वसुन्धरा-विशेषण

• वसुन्धरा: the earth
• वसुन्धरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सप्तपातालसहिता: together with the seven netherworlds
• सप्तपातालसहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + पाताल + सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वसुन्धरा-विशेषण; ‘सप्तपातालैः सह’ इति अर्थः

• तीर्थकोटिभिः: by crores of sacred places
• तीर्थकोटिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण

• आवृता: covered; encompassed
• आवृता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the devotee completes pradakṣiṇā, the scene expands into a visionary mandala: seven concentric island-continents, beneath them layered netherworlds; countless tīrthas appear as glowing points encircling the earth, all contained within the kuṇḍa’s circle.

Characters & Entities

• Saptadvīpa
• Saptapātāla
• Tīrtha-koṭi
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Brahmakuṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a mahā-tīrtha can equal vast religious effort elsewhere; a single rite can symbolically encompass the whole sacred cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa being circumambulated in Prabhāsakṣetra—contextually Brahmakuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of the kuṇḍa, whose fruit is described as equivalent to circumambulating the entire sacred earth.