Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

पूर्णाहुतिं ततो दत्त्वा स्नानकर्म तथाऽरभत् । पंचपल्लवसंयुक्तं मृत्तिकाभिः समन्वितम्

Transliteration

pūrṇāhutiṃ tato dattvā snānakarma tathā'rabhat | paṃcapallavasaṃyuktaṃ mṛttikābhiḥ samanvitam

Translation

Nachdem er die abschließende Opfergabe (pūrṇāhuti) dargebracht hatte, begann er den Bade-Ritus, bereitet mit fünf heiligen Blättern und begleitet von geweihten Tonerden, damit die Reinigung vollkommen vollzogen werde.

Word by Word

• पूर्णाहुतिम्: the full oblation
• पूर्णाहुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āhuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पूर्णा आहुतिः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thereafter’

• दत्त्वा: having offered
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given/offered’

• स्नानकर्म: the bathing rite
• स्नानकर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्नानस्य कर्म)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thus/also’

• अरभत्: began
• अरभत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rabh (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘began/undertook’

• पञ्चपल्लवसंयुक्तम्: combined with five sprouts/leaves
• पञ्चपल्लवसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + pallava (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चपल्लवैः संयुक्तम्) qualifying snānakarma

• मृत्तिकाभिः: with clay(s)
• मृत्तिकाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛttikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; instrumental ‘with clays/earths’

• समन्वितम्: accompanied/endowed
• समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √anv-i)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past participle used adjectivally ‘endowed/combined’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the final oblation, attendants bring a bathing setup: a bundle of five sacred leaves and bowls of consecrated clays; the officiant begins the snāna-karman in a sanctified space.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Pūrṇāhuti
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of worship requires both offering (to Agni) and purification (snāna), joining inner and outer cleanliness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where ritual purity practices are narrated as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pūrṇāhuti followed by a structured snāna using five-leaf sprigs and consecrated earth/clay.