Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्रिपुष्करं नैमिषं च गंगाद्वारं च सौकरम् । चंद्रेशं चैव केदारं तथा रुद्रमहालयम्

Transliteration

tripuṣkaraṃ naimiṣaṃ ca gaṃgādvāraṃ ca saukaram | caṃdreśaṃ caiva kedāraṃ tathā rudramahālayam

Translation

三普什迦罗（Tripuṣkara）、奈弥沙（Naimiṣa）、恒河门（Gaṅgādvāra）与骚迦罗（Saukara）；又有月主（Candreśa）与计达罗（Kedāra），以及鲁陀罗大圣居（Rudra-mahālaya）。

Word by Word

• त्रिपुष्करम्: Tripuṣkara
• त्रिपुष्करम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि पुष्कराणि/त्रि-पुष्कर); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

• नैमिषम्: Naimiṣa
• नैमिषम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• गंगाद्वारम्: Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra)
• गंगाद्वारम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गङ्गायाः द्वारम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सौकरम्: Saukara (holy place)
• सौकरम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

• चन्द्रेशम्: Candreśa (a Śiva shrine)
• चन्द्रेशम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चन्द्रस्य ईशः/चन्द्र-ईश); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

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

• केदारम्: Kedāra
• केदारम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतासूचक

• रुद्रमहालयम्: Rudra-mahālaya (great abode of Rudra)
• रुद्रमहालयम्: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + महालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रस्य महालयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सूचीकरणे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-māhātmya’s ‘tīrtha-sarva-saṅgraha’ frame (including Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, Haridvāra, Kedāra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scroll-like panorama of tīrthas: desert lake of Puṣkara, forest hermitage of Naimiṣa, Gaṅgā rushing at Haridvāra, snowy Kedāra peaks, and a radiant Rudra-abode—arranged as a single garland around the central sacred focus.

Characters & Entities

• Tripuṣkara
• Naimiṣāraṇya
• Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra)
• Saukara
• Candreśvara
• Kedāra (Kedārnātha)
• Rudramahālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It elevates sacred geography by naming eminent tīrthas, implying that their sanctity and merit are integral to the Purāṇic path of dharma and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Multiple sites are invoked—Tripuṣkara, Naimiṣāraṇya, Gaṅgādvāra (Haridvāra), Kedāra—forming a tīrtha-map within the Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a tīrtha-stuti (praise-list) of holy places.