Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अमृतं देवि ते क्षीरं पवित्रमिह पुष्टिदम् । त्वत्प्रसादात्प्रमुच्यंते मनुजाः सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

amṛtaṃ devi te kṣīraṃ pavitramiha puṣṭidam | tvatprasādātpramucyaṃte manujāḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

O Göttin, Deine Milch ist Amrita: in dieser Welt rein und nährend. Durch Deine Gnade werden die Menschen von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• amṛtam: nectar-like; ambrosial
• amṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेष्यरूपेण ‘kṣīram्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणभावः

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीयपुरुष; षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• kṣīram: milk
• kṣīram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• pavitram: pure; purifying
• pavitram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kṣīram्)

• iha: here
• iha: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• puṣṭi-dam: giving nourishment
• puṣṭi-dam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (puṣṭiṃ dadāti iti)

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tvatprasādaḥ)

• pramucyante: are freed
• pramucyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/मध्यवाच्य-प्रयोगः (are released)

• manujāḥ: humans
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• sarva-pātakaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (all sins)

Speaker

Ritual practitioner/devotee (addressing Kapilā Dhenu as Devī) within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kapilā sambandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Kapilā cow envisioned as Devī; her milk appears as luminous amṛta flowing into a ritual vessel, while devotees pray for purification at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā (sacred cow, Devī)
• Kṣīra (milk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to sacred, life-sustaining gifts (like milk) and devotion to the divine source of purity leads to freedom from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) as presented in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional address to Kapilā (the sacred cow) emphasizing her purifying grace; it supports the broader rite of worship and gifting described in the surrounding verses.