Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

गमिष्यति घृणा सर्वा निष्पापस्त्वं भविष्यसि । उक्त्वैवमुदतिष्ठच्च जलमध्याद्वरानने

Transliteration

gamiṣyati ghṛṇā sarvā niṣpāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | uktvaivamudatiṣṭhacca jalamadhyādvarānane

Translation

„All dein Widerwille wird weichen, und du wirst sündlos werden.“ So sprechend erhob sich der Schönantlitzige aus der Mitte der Wasser.

Word by Word

• गमिष्यति: will go / will depart
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• घृणा: compassion, pity
• घृणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• सर्वा: all, entire
• सर्वा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• निष्पापः: sinless
• निष्पापः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभावः (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (prior action)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• उदतिष्ठत्: (he/she) rose up
• उदतिष्ठत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• जलमध्यात्: from the middle of the water
• जलमध्यात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (ablative 5th), एकवचन (singular)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative 8th), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the māhātmya (continuing the Jalaprabhāsa episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalāśraya-kunda (Prabhāsa episode)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity—described as fair-faced—rises fully from the water, radiating calm; the brāhmaṇa’s posture softens into serenity, suggesting aversion dissolved; the pond becomes still, reflecting the liṅga and sky.

Characters & Entities

• Jalaprabhāsa
• Varānanā (a fair-faced lady figure in the narrative)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha purifies not only actions (pāpa) but also attitudes—aversion and contempt are replaced by clarity and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jalaprabhāsa, described as a sacred watery locus within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, approaching the sacred waters and receiving the tīrtha’s grace leading to pāpa-kṣaya.