Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कुण्डतः पूर्वदिग्भागे धनुषां पञ्चविंशतौ । रुक्मिणी संस्थिता देवी सर्वपातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

kuṇḍataḥ pūrvadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ pañcaviṃśatau | rukmiṇī saṃsthitā devī sarvapātakanāśinī

Translation

مقدّس کنڈ کے مشرق میں پچیس دھنش کے فاصلے پر دیوی رُکمِنی تشریف فرما ہے—وہ جو تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دینے والی ہے۔

Word by Word

• कुण्डतः: from the pond
• कुण्डतः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Ablative

• पूर्वदिग्भागे: in the eastern region
• पूर्वदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वायाः दिशः भागः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (measure)

• पञ्चविंशतौ: at (a distance of) twenty-five
• पञ्चविंशतौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative (distance: 'at twenty-five')

• रुक्मिणी: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्थिता: situated, established
• संस्थिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्था (कृदन्त; सम् + √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to रुक्मिणी

• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणि पातकानि नाशयति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-sthāna (east of Taptodaka-kuṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine to Goddess Rukmiṇī stands east of the steaming kuṇḍa; she is portrayed as auspicious, golden-hued, bestowing purity and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Kuṇḍa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence in a tīrtha is not abstract—specific places of darśana are declared as direct means for the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Rukmiṇī-sthāna located east of a sacred kuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse primarily gives sacred location and the फल (benefit): sarvapātaka-nāśa.