Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तांस्तवोदक संस्पर्शाल्लप्स्यंते मानवा भुवि

Transliteration

tāṃstavodaka saṃsparśāllapsyaṃte mānavā bhuvi

Translation

Durch die Berührung mit deinem heiligen Wasser werden die Menschen auf Erden dieselben Geschicke erlangen.

Word by Word

• तान्: those (worlds)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उदक: water
• उदक: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound context)

• संस्पर्शात्: from contact
• संस्पर्शात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान (from/by contact)

• लप्स्यन्ते: will obtain
• लप्स्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मानवाः: people
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (forbidden jalāśaya)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer, unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visual metaphor of ‘contact’: ripples spreading from a hand touching water, transforming into shadowy chains leading toward naraka, while a safe, luminous ghāṭa lies elsewhere—inviting discernment.

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (Samudra)
• Humans (mānava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association (saṅga)—even by touch—can transmit consequences; dharma advises careful contact with impure sources.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative frames water as a potent carrier of merit or demerit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prohibition: avoid even touching the cursed water to avoid inheriting its consequences.