Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्यां स्नात्वा महादेवि दुर्भगा सुभगा भवेत् । लभते वाञ्छितान्कामानिति प्रोक्तं मया तव

Transliteration

tasyāṃ snātvā mahādevi durbhagā subhagā bhavet | labhate vāñchitānkāmāniti proktaṃ mayā tava

Translation

O Große Göttin, wer dort badet, wird selbst als Unglücklicher glückhaft; und erlangt die ersehnten Wünsche — so habe ich es dir verkündet.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her/that (pond)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्भगा: an unfortunate woman
• दुर्भगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुभगा: a fortunate woman
• सुभगा: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय (predicate complement)

• भवेत्: would become; should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त/PPP as adjective)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); कामान् इति विशेषणम्

• कामान्: wishes; desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); अव्यक्त कर्तृक (impersonal)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: to you/for you; of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nidhāna-vāpī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (especially a woman seeking saubhāgya, as the verse uses durbhagā/subhagā) bathes in the step-well while attendants hold offerings; afterward she worships with lamp and flowers, her visage brightened, symbolizing fortune’s reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Snāna (ritual bathing)
• Tīrtha/Vāpī at Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān is portrayed as a dharmic means of inner and outer renewal, converting inauspiciousness into auspiciousness through sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred water-site (vāpī/tīrtha) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra referenced immediately before, praised for granting auspiciousness and desired ends.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha; the promised fruit is fortune and attainment of desired wishes.