Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततोऽधस्तात्पुनर्याति सलिलं तत्र भामिनि । तण्डीनाम पुरा प्रोक्तो देविकातटमास्थितः

Transliteration

tato'dhastātpunaryāti salilaṃ tatra bhāmini | taṇḍīnāma purā prokto devikātaṭamāsthitaḥ

Translation

پھر، اے روشن رُخ خاتون، وہاں کا پانی دوبارہ نیچے کی طرف اتر جاتا ہے۔ قدیم زمانے میں تَنڈی نامی ایک شخص کا ذکر ہے جو دیویکا کے کنارے پر رہتا تھا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/ततः’ (from there/then)

• adhastāt: downwards/below
• adhastāt: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (दिशावाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक)

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• salilam: water
• salilam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• taṇḍī: Taṇḍī (name)
• taṇḍī: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/Name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देशक/उपपद)

• purā: formerly/once
• purā: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• proktaḥ: was said/was called
• proktaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/Passive participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devikā-taṭam: the bank of (the river) Devikā
• devikā-taṭam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devikā (प्रातिपदिक) + taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देविकायाः तटम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āsthitaḥ: standing/located
• āsthitaḥ: Karta (Predicate of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थितः/आस्थितः’ = having taken position/standing

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-taṭa Kūpa (Taṇḍī-associated)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of the well: water level visibly subsides after having risen; Śiva narrates to Devī; in a vignette-like background, an ascetic Taṇḍī sits on Devikā’s bank in meditation, indicating the ancient past.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā (river)
• Taṇḍī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are linked to saintly presences; the holiness of waters is intertwined with the tapas of those who reside nearby.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devikā riverbank area in Prabhāsakṣetra, associated with a famed well and the figure Taṇḍī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it sets the scene for the tīrtha’s legend and its sacred hydrology.