Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तस्यां कृताभिषेकास्तु तव द्रोहकरा वयम् । अज्ञानभावात्पूतत्वं यास्यामः पृथिवीतले

Transliteration

tasyāṃ kṛtābhiṣekāstu tava drohakarā vayam | ajñānabhāvātpūtatvaṃ yāsyāmaḥ pṛthivītale

Translation

Nachdem wir an jenem heiligen Ort das Abhiṣeka empfangen haben, werden wir—die wir dir treulos entgegenhandelten—aufgrund unseres Zustands der Unwissenheit auf Erden zur Reinheit gelangen.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (river)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• कृताभिषेकाः: having performed the ablution/consecration
• कृताभिषेकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु + क्त कृदन्त) + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः अभिषेकः येषां ते); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तव: of you / against you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• द्रोहकराः: treacherous, doing harm
• द्रोहकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्रोहं कुर्वन्ति); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• अज्ञानभावात्: due to the state of ignorance
• अज्ञानभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अज्ञानस्य भावः); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूतत्वम्: purity, purification
• पूतत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यास्यामः: we shall attain/go to
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पृथिवीतले: on the surface of the earth
• पृथिवीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पृथिव्याः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-sannidhāna invoked)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Hara/Īśvara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages speak with remorse, acknowledging treachery toward Śiva and expressing hope that Gaṅgā-abhiṣeka will restore purity on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara/Śambhu)
• Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even those stained by wrongdoing can attain purity when ignorance is dispelled through sacred rites and sincere turning toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a purifying sacred geography within the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka—ritual consecration/bathing associated with the tirtha’s purificatory power.