Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्त्तादुत्तीर्णाः सर्वे ते सरसस्ततः । दिव्यरूपधराः सर्वे युवानो मृष्टकुण्डलाः

Transliteration

tato muhūrttāduttīrṇāḥ sarve te sarasastataḥ | divyarūpadharāḥ sarve yuvāno mṛṣṭakuṇḍalāḥ

Translation

Nach kurzer Weile stiegen sie alle aus jenem See empor. Alle trugen göttliche Gestalt—jugendlich und mit glänzenden Ohrringen geschmückt.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• muhūrtāt: after a moment
• muhūrtāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• uttīrṇāḥ: having come out, emerged
• uttīrṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√tṝ (तॄ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarasaḥ: from the lake/pond
• sarasaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• divya-rūpa-dharāḥ: bearing divine forms
• divya-rūpa-dharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya + rūpa + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (rūpaṃ dharanti = bearing a form; divya qualifies rūpa)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• yuvānaḥ: young men
• yuvānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ: with polished earrings
• mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛṣṭa (√mṛj, मृज् धातु, क्त) + kuṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (mṛṣṭāni kuṇḍalāni yeṣām/with polished earrings)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-saras (unnamed)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All three emerge from the lake simultaneously, transformed into radiant youths with shining earrings; water droplets sparkle like gems, and the atmosphere feels charged with divine light.

Characters & Entities

• Cyavana
• Aśvinīkumāras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is shown through tangible transformation, reinforcing faith in sacred geography and divine ordinance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred lake/waters within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, highlighted as transformative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied snāna/immersion culminating in emergence—symbolizing purification and renewal.