Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् । ब्रह्मकुण्डं समाश्रित्य ब्रह्मदेवमुपासते

Transliteration

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām | brahmakuṇḍaṃ samāśritya brahmadevamupāsate

Translation

اٹھاسی ہزار رِشی، جو برہماچاریہ میں ثابت قدم ہیں، برہما کنڈ کا سہارا لے کر دیوادھی دیو برہما کی بھکتی سے پوجا کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि: eighty thousand
• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टाशीति-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (as subject: eighty-thousand)

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: of those with upward-retained semen (celibate)
• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व-रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ऋषीणाम् विशेषणम् (describing the sages)

• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of approaching)

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to
• समाश्रित्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having resorted to)

• ब्रह्मदेवम्: Brahmā (the god Brahma)
• ब्रह्मदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of worship)

• उपासते: worship
• उपासते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly of ascetic sages, radiant and austere, seated around a sacred stepped pond (kuṇḍa) under coastal light; at the center a serene four-faced Brahmā is worshipped with water-offerings and Vedic chant.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha gains authority through the presence and worship of realized sages; ascetic discipline and devotion sanctify sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa, portrayed as a resort of great ṛṣis in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upāsanā (worship/attentive devotion) of Brahmā at Brahmakuṇḍa.