Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नाताञ्छुचीन्सर्वान्दीक्षयामास गीष्पतिः । शक्तियैः परमैर्मंत्रैः सद्यःसिद्धिकरैर्नृप

Transliteration

tatra snātāñchucīnsarvāndīkṣayāmāsa gīṣpatiḥ | śaktiyaiḥ paramairmaṃtraiḥ sadyaḥsiddhikarairnṛpa

Translation

তাত, সকলোয়ে স্নান কৰি শুচি হোৱাৰ পাছত, হে নৃপ, গীষ্পতি (বৃহস্পতিয়ে) তেওঁলোকক পৰম শাক্ত মন্ত্রেৰে দীক্ষা দিলে, যিবোৰে তৎক্ষণাৎ সিদ্ধি প্ৰদান কৰে।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नातान्: bathed
• स्नातान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुचीन्: pure
• शुचीन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दीक्षयामास: initiated (them)
• दीक्षयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीक्ष् (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect; periphrastic), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• गीष्पतिः: Bṛhaspati (lord of speech)
• गीष्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीष्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्तियैः: with śaktis/powers (or Śakti-related)
• शक्तियैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परमैः: supreme
• परमैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सद्यःसिद्धिकरैः: causing instant success
• सद्यःसिद्धिकरैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'bringing immediate success'); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-snān-sthāna (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred bathing spot near Arbuda, devas emerge purified; Bṛhaspati stands as officiant-guru, conferring Śākta dīkṣā with mantra transmission; a subtle yantra aura suggests ‘sadyas-siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati (Gīṣpati)
• Devas (initiands)
• Śakti (Śākta mantras)
• Arbuda (location implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power is approached through purity, proper initiation, and mantras received in a lineage of guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Arbuda is the implied sacred setting where bathing, purification, and initiation occur.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing), śauca (purity), and dīkṣā (initiation) into Śākta mantras are explicitly mentioned.