Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

द्वादशैवं तथा चाष्टौ चत्वारिंशच्च कोटयः । नदीनामग्नितीर्थस्य द्वारे तिष्ठंति भामिनि

Transliteration

dvādaśaivaṃ tathā cāṣṭau catvāriṃśacca koṭayaḥ | nadīnāmagnitīrthasya dvāre tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini

Translation

如是，十二又八，并有四十俱胝之诸河，立于阿耆尼圣渡（Agnitīrtha）之门前，噢美丽者。

Word by Word

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (अध्याहारः: कोटयः) प्रथमा (1), बहुवचनार्थे

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (likewise/also)

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

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; (अध्याहारः: कोटयः)

• catvāriṃśat: forty
• catvāriṃśat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः, (अव्ययवत्), (अध्याहारः: कोटयः)

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

• koṭayaḥ: crores (tens of millions)
• koṭayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• nadīnām: of rivers
• nadīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• agnitīrthasya: of Agnitīrtha
• agnitīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: अग्नेः तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• dvāre: at the gate/entrance
• dvāre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• tiṣṭhanti: stand / remain
• tiṣṭhanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; vocative “bhāmini” indicates an addressed female interlocutor within the frame)

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Rivers (Nadīs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is praised as so potent that innumerable rivers are symbolically present there, implying concentrated purificatory power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha, described as having vast numbers of rivers stationed at its entrance, within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse chiefly magnifies Agnitīrtha’s sanctity as a pilgrimage destination.