Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पंचगव्यूतिमात्रं तु तत्क्षेत्रं संप्रकीर्तितम् । मृगीकुण्डं च तत्रैव सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

paṃcagavyūtimātraṃ tu tatkṣetraṃ saṃprakīrtitam | mṛgīkuṇḍaṃ ca tatraiva sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

وہ مقدّس کْشَیتر پانچ گویوتی تک پھیلا ہوا بیان کیا گیا ہے۔ وہیں مِرگی کُنڈ بھی ہے—ایسا تالاب جو تمام گناہوں کا نाश کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचने प्रथमा/द्वितीया (अव्यक्त-समासाङ्गत्वात्) — numeral adjective; neuter sg nom/acc (as compound member)

• गव्यूति: a measure of distance ‘gavyūti’
• गव्यूति: Viśeṣya (Qualified noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग) — feminine (as compound member)

• मात्रम्: only to the extent; measure
• मात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थक — particle (but/indeed)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — neuter nominative singular (demonstrative)

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — neuter nominative singular

• संप्रकीर्तितम्: has been proclaimed/declared
• संप्रकीर्तितम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+कीर्त् (धातु) → संप्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle; neuter nom sg

• मृगीकुण्डम्: the ‘Mṛgī’ pond
• मृगीकुण्डम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मृग्याः कुण्डम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nom/acc sg

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nom/acc sg; विशेषणरूपेण

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mṛgīkuṇḍa (within Tailasāraṇika/Vastrāpatha-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pool named Mṛgīkuṇḍa within a marked five-gavyūti kṣetra boundary; pilgrims bathing at dawn, priests chanting, sin-symbols dissolving into ripples.

Characters & Entities

• Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
• Mṛgīkuṇḍa
• gavyūti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is not abstract: the Purāṇa defines a tīrtha’s bounds and highlights a specific kuṇḍa whose contact grants purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mṛgīkuṇḍa within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies tīrtha-purification through the kuṇḍa (typically via snāna), though the act is not explicitly stated.