Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । यूयं पवित्रकरणाः पावनानां च पावनाः । गंगां चैवानयिष्यामि युष्माकं चित्ततुष्टये

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | yūyaṃ pavitrakaraṇāḥ pāvanānāṃ ca pāvanāḥ | gaṃgāṃ caivānayiṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ cittatuṣṭaye

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Ihr seid Schöpfer der Reinheit—Reiniger selbst unter den Reinigern. Und um eure Herzen zu erfreuen, werde ich Gaṅgā selbst herbeibringen.“

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• पवित्रकरणाः: purifiers / those who make (others) pure
• पवित्रकरणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + करण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पवित्रं करोति); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• पावनानाम्: of the purifiers
• पावनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पावनाः: purifying, holy
• पावनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• गङ्गाम्: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/only)

• आनयिष्यामि: I shall bring
• आनयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• युष्माकम्: of you / for you
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• चित्ततुष्टये: for (your) mental satisfaction
• चित्ततुष्टये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चित्तस्य तुष्टिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara speaks reassuringly to the sages, praising them as purifiers and promising to bring Gaṅgā to delight their minds.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to devotees’ sincerity: Śiva honors the pure-hearted by manifesting sanctity (Gaṅgā) for their spiritual joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Śiva promises to summon Gaṅgā as a sign of the site’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction here; it announces Gaṅgā’s arrival as a sanctifying boon for the devotees.