Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अद्यापि हुंकृते तस्मिन्सलिलौघः प्रवर्तते । तत्र गत्वा नरो भक्त्या अपि पापरतोऽपि यः

Transliteration

adyāpi huṃkṛte tasminsalilaughaḥ pravartate | tatra gatvā naro bhaktyā api pāparato'pi yaḥ

Translation

Noch heute, wenn dort jenes „huṃ“ gesprochen wird, setzt ein Wasserstrom ein. Wer auch immer in Hingabe dorthin geht — selbst wenn er dem Sündigen zugetan ist — wird durch die Kraft dieser Tīrtha verwandelt.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• हुंकृते: in/at the place of the ‘huṃ’-utterance (the huṃkāra)
• हुंकृते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + हुं- (उपसर्ग/ध्वन्यनुकरण))
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular, neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used substantively)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular, masc/neut)

• सलिलौघः: a flood/stream of water
• सलिलौघः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (salilasya oghaḥ)

• प्रवर्तते: flows; proceeds
• प्रवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present indicative, 3rd sg, Ātmanepada)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund: having gone)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Instrumental singular, feminine)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• पापरतः: devoted to sin; sinful-minded
• पापरतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (कृदन्त; √रम् (धातु), क्त)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); तत्पुरुष (pāpe rataḥ)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṃkāra-tīrtha / Huṃkāra-kūpa (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crowd gathers as a devotee utters ‘huṃ’; a sudden torrent rises/flows from the well, washing feet and symbolically cleansing dark stains from the heart.

Characters & Entities

• huṃkāra
• salilaugha (flow of water)
• bhakti
• pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace is active in the present; devotion opens purification even for those burdened by sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The huṃkāra-associated water-source (well/flow) within Prabhāsakṣetra whose waters still surge forth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going to the site with bhakti is emphasized; the verse highlights the continuing manifestation of sacred water.