Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तेनोदकेन संयुक्तः सिद्धो भवति मानवः । गृहीत्वा तज्जलं यस्तु यत्र यत्राभिगच्छति

Transliteration

tenodakena saṃyuktaḥ siddho bhavati mānavaḥ | gṛhītvā tajjalaṃ yastu yatra yatrābhigacchati

Translation

Wer mit jenem Wasser verbunden ist, wird als Mensch zum Siddha, zum Vollendeten. Und wer jenes Wasser nimmt und wohin auch immer geht—

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उदकेन: with water
• उदकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संयुक्तः: joined/associated
• संयुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गः सम्-

• सिद्धः: accomplished/perfected
• सिद्धः: Visheshya-predicate (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मानवः: a man/human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• यत्र: wherever
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (repetition for distributive sense)

• अभिगच्छति: goes/approaches
• अभिगच्छति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः अभि-

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-guhā-siddha-jala (implied)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim fills a small vessel with luminous cave-water; the water seems to radiate, suggesting siddhi accompanying him on distant roads.

Characters & Entities

• Udaka (sacred water)
• Siddha (accomplished state)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with consecrated tīrtha-water is portrayed as a carrier of divine potency, enabling spiritual accomplishment (siddhi) for the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stone-born water at the Vaināyaka pīṭha within the cave-linked sacred complex described in Arbuda-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Associate oneself with the sacred water and also collect/carry it (gṛhītvā taj-jalam), implying tīrtha-jala-grahaṇa as a meritorious act.