Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तत्र कुंडे स्थिता देवी महापातकनाशिनी । पुन र्गोपायनाद्देवी क्षेत्रं प्राप्तातिशोभनम्

Transliteration

tatra kuṃḍe sthitā devī mahāpātakanāśinī | puna rgopāyanāddevī kṣetraṃ prāptātiśobhanam

Translation

وہاں کنڈ میں دیوی ٹھہری رہی—بڑے بڑے پاپوں کو مٹانے والی۔ پھر گوپاین سے دیوی نہایت شاندار پُنّیہ کھیتر میں پہنچ گئی۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

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

• स्थितā: situated
• स्थितā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• महापातकनाशिनी: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier of देवी/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: महापातकस्य नाशिनी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• पुनः: again/then
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb ‘again/then’

• गोपायनात्: from Gopāyana
• गोपायनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place/region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• प्राप्ता: reached
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• अतिशोभनम्: very splendid
• अतिशोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of क्षेत्रम्/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अतिशयेन शोभनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular (qualifying क्षेत्रम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopāyana-kuṇḍa (Sarasvatī-sthāna)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous kuṇḍa where the Goddess (Sarasvatī as Devī) abides, radiating purity that destroys great sins; then she departs toward an even more splendid sacred region.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī (Devī)
• Gopāyana
• Kuṇḍa (sacred pool)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas connected with the Goddess are portrayed as powerful instruments of purification, capable of dissolving even grave moral stains through sincere approach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (sacred pool) in the Gopāyana area, praised as mahāpātaka-nāśinī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: bathing/approaching the kuṇḍa for purification; the verse does not detail procedures but foregrounds sin-destroying potency.