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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

अपां मध्ये स्थिता देवाः सर्वमप्सु प्रतिष्ठितम् । ब्राह्मणस्य करे न्यस्ताः शिवा आपो भवन्तु नः

Transliteration

apāṃ madhye sthitā devāḥ sarvamapsu pratiṣṭhitam | brāhmaṇasya kare nyastāḥ śivā āpo bhavantu naḥ

Translation

الآلهةُ قائمةٌ في وسط المياه؛ وكلُّ شيءٍ ثابتٌ في الماء. فإذا وُضِعت تلك المياه في يدِ براهمن، فلتغدُ لنا مباركةً نافعةً، مُيمونةَ الأثر.

Word by Word
अपाम्of waters
अपाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — of waters
मध्येin the midst
मध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — in the middle
स्थिताःsituated
स्थिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — having stood/being situated
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — the gods
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/Nom or 2nd/Acc), एकवचन — all/everything
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन — in waters
प्रतिष्ठितम्is established
प्रतिष्ठितम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रति-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — established
ब्राह्मणस्यof the brāhmaṇa
ब्राह्मणस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — of the brāhmaṇa
करेin (his) hand
करे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — in the hand
न्यस्ताःplaced
न्यस्ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-यस्/न्यस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — placed/deposited
शिवाःauspicious
शिवाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — auspicious
आपःwaters
आपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — waters
भवन्तुmay (they) be
भवन्तु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन — let them be
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic) — of us/for us
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha-jala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Brāhmaṇa holds a cupped palm of water; within the water, faint divine forms shimmer. Surrounding scene shows ritual vessels, kuśa grass, and the sacred shoreline/ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities
D
Devas
W
Waters (Āpaḥ)
B
Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

Water is a cosmic support and a divine medium; when ritually handled and offered correctly, it becomes a channel of auspiciousness.

Prabhāsakṣetra’s sacred ritual setting, where water-offerings (tarpaṇa/ācamanīya) are framed as divinely grounded.

A mantra-like affirmation sanctifies waters used in rites, especially when entrusted to a qualified Brāhmaṇa in the śrāddha context.

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