Shloka 4 - Adhyaya 362 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Chinese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्मात्पूर्वेण देवेशि योजनैकेन निर्मलम् । त्रितकूपेति विख्यातं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । सर्वेषां देवि तीर्थानां यत्तत्रैव व्यवस्थितिः

Transliteration

tasmātpūrveṇa deveśi yojanaikena nirmalam | tritakūpeti vikhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | sarveṣāṃ devi tīrthānāṃ yattatraiva vyavasthitiḥ

Translation

由此向东，噢诸天之主母神，距一由旬有一清净之地，名闻为特里塔库帕（Tritakūpa），能灭尽一切罪业。噢女神，据说诸般圣渡处（tīrtha）之神圣威力，皆在彼处同聚而安立。

Word by Word

तस्मात्from there

पूर्वेणto the east (by the eastern side)

देवेशिO lady of the gods

योजनैकेनby one yojana

निर्मलम्pure

त्रितकूपTritakūpa (name of a well/tīrtha)

इतिthus (called)

विख्यातम्well-known

सर्वपातकनाशनम्destroyer of all sins

सर्वेषाम्of all

देविO goddess

तीर्थानाम्of sacred places

यत्which/that

तत्रthere

एवindeed

व्यवस्थितिः(their) presence/establishment

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tritakūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pristine sacred well (kūpa) in the coastal Prabhāsa landscape; pilgrims approach from the west, carrying water pots and flowers; subtle divine presence indicating ‘all tīrthas’ gathered invisibly.

Characters & Entities

Tritakūpa

Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa elevates certain tīrthas as ‘concentrated sanctity,’ where the merit of many sacred places is believed to converge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tritakūpa, described as a pure, sin-destroying tīrtha located one yojana east from the prior site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit act is named in this verse; it provides pilgrimage direction and the tīrtha’s sin-destroying merit.