Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अग्नितीर्थसमीपस्थं कपर्द्दिद्वारमध्यगम् । तत्रैव द्विगुणं ज्ञेयमन्यत्रैकगुणं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

agnitīrthasamīpasthaṃ kaparddidvāramadhyagam | tatraiva dviguṇaṃ jñeyamanyatraikaguṇaṃ smṛtam

Translation

اگنی تیرتھ کے نزدیک واقع کپرَدّی دوار کے بیچ میں، وہاں ثواب دوگنا جاننا چاہیے؛ اور دوسری جگہوں میں اسے ایک گنا ہی یاد کیا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अग्नितीर्थसमीपस्थम्: situated near Agni-tīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थसमीपस्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नितीर्थ + समीप + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (द्वारमध्यगम् इत्यस्य/स्थानस्य) ‘situated near Agni-tīrtha’

• कपर्द्दिद्वारमध्यगम्: located in the middle of Kaparddi gate
• कपर्द्दिद्वारमध्यगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कपर्द्दि-द्वार + मध्य + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘gone/located in the middle of Kaparddi-gate’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक

• द्विगुणम्: double (in effect)
• द्विगुणम्: Karya/Phala (फल-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate) ‘double (as result)’

• ज्ञेयम्: is to be known
• ज्ञेयम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे क्तव्य-प्रायः; कर्मणि-भावे, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘is to be known’

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• एकगुणम्: single; onefold
• एकगुणम्: Karya/Phala (फल-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम ‘single (in effect)’

• स्मृतम्: is stated/considered
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘is said/remembered (as)’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaparddi-dvāra near Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agnitīrtha area with a sacred water spot and a gateway/threshold named Kaparddi-dvāra; pilgrims pass through the ‘dvāra’ after bathing, priests mark foreheads with ash; a subtle fiery symbolism hints at ‘Agni’.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Kaparddi-dvāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is graded: certain ritual acts gain intensified efficacy at specially empowered locations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kaparddi-dvāra, located near Agnitīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes preference of place: perform the rite at Kaparddi-dvāra for double merit rather than elsewhere for single merit.