Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र शंखं तु प्रक्षाल्य कृतं तीर्थं महाप्रभम् । तत्र पूरितवाञ्छङ्खं मेघगम्भीरनिस्वनम्

Transliteration

tatra śaṃkhaṃ tu prakṣālya kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham | tatra pūritavāñchaṅkhaṃ meghagambhīranisvanam

Translation

هناك غسل الصدفة، فأقام تيرثا عظيم الإشراق. وهناك ملأ الصدفة، وهي ترنّ بصوتٍ عميق كدويّ الرعد في السحاب.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक

• शंखम्: the conch
• शंखम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपात

• प्रक्षाल्य: having washed
• प्रक्षाल्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्षल् (धातु) → प्रक्षाल्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया—having washed

• कृतम्: was made/created
• कृतम्: Kriya (Main action/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे—‘तीर्थं कृतम्’ = a tīrtha was made

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• महा-प्रभम्: greatly splendid
• महा-प्रभम्: Karta-bhava (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—महच्च तत् प्रभम्; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक

• पूरितवान्: filled (has filled)
• पूरितवान्: Kriya (Main action/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूॄ/पूर् (धातु) → पूरितवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय ‘क्तवतुँ’ (Perfect participle active), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘(सः) पूरितवान्’ = he filled

• शंखम्: the conch
• शंखम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मेघ-गम्भीर-निस्वनम्: with a sound deep like thunderclouds
• मेघ-गम्भीर-निस्वनम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक) + गम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक) + निस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—मेघस्य इव गम्भीरः निस्वनः यस्य (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष/उपमानपूर्वपद); विशेषणम् (शंखम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhodaka-kuṇḍa / Mahāprabha-tīrtha (as described)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, the conch-form is washed; a radiant tīrtha manifests. The conch is then filled, and it emits a deep, thundercloud-like resonance that vibrates across the sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Tīrtha
• Thunder-like sound (megha-gambhīra-nisvana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity (cleansing) and consecration transform an object and a place into a luminous tīrtha, revealing sacred power through signs like auspicious sound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha established at Prabhāsa, connected with the conch and later known through the Śaṅkhodaka tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prakṣālana (ritual washing/cleansing) and the act of establishing a tīrtha; filling the conch with sacred water as part of the rite.