Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

कोटिरेका च तीर्थानां ब्रह्मकुण्डे व्यवस्थिता । तथा च वैष्णवे कुण्डे कोटिरेका प्रकीर्तिता

Transliteration

koṭirekā ca tīrthānāṃ brahmakuṇḍe vyavasthitā | tathā ca vaiṣṇave kuṇḍe koṭirekā prakīrtitā

Translation

برہما کُنڈ میں تیرتھوں کی ایک کروڑ سے بھی زائد برکت قائم ہے؛ اسی طرح ویشنو کُنڈ میں بھی ‘کروڑ سے بڑھ کر’ کہا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• कोटिरेका: one crore (ten million)
• कोटिरेका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + एका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) (संख्या/गणना) इति

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred places
• तीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: in Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्यवस्थिता: is situated
• व्यवस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोगे (is situated)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैष्णवे: in the Vaiṣṇava (pond)
• वैष्णवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) कुण्डे इति

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कोटिरेका: one crore
• कोटिरेका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + एका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रकीर्तिता: is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि/भावे (is proclaimed)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-kuṇḍa; Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two sacred ponds labeled Brahmā-kuṇḍa and Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa, each shimmering with miniature symbolic presences of many tīrthas—tiny river emblems, lotuses, and deity signs; pilgrims circumambulate with lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sacred spot can concentrate the merit of countless tīrthas, making pilgrimage spiritually efficient and profound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa and Vaiṣṇava-kuṇḍa at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not stated explicitly; the verse magnifies the kuṇḍas’ tīrtha-density, implying the value of snāna and worship there.