Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
इति श्लोकं पठित्वा तौ पुनःपुनरभिष्टुतम् । तर्ह्येव च प्रभासाय निःसृतौ स्नातुमुत्तमौ
Transliteration
iti ślokaṃ paṭhitvā tau punaḥpunarabhiṣṭutam | tarhyeva ca prabhāsāya niḥsṛtau snātumuttamau
Translation
Having read that śloka, the two praised it again and again. Then and there, those excellent men set out for Prabhāsa in order to bathe.
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formइत्यादि-समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
श्लोकम्the verse
श्लोकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
पठित्वाhaving recited/read
पठित्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपठ् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन
पुनः-पुनःagain and again
पुनः-पुनः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formआवृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (repetition adverb)
अभिष्टुतम्praised
अभिष्टुतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + स्तु (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘प्रशंसितम्/स्तुतम्’
तर्हिthen
तर्हि:
Kriya-vishesana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतर्हि (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (then/at that time)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
प्रभासायtowards Prabhāsa
प्रभासाय:
Sampradana (Goal/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे—प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान
निःसृतौwent out/departed
निःसृतौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootनिः + सृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past active participle in usage; formally PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘निर्गतौ’
स्नातुम्to bathe
स्नातुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—तुमुन् (infinitive), अव्यय; प्रयोजनार्थक
उत्तमौexcellent, noble
उत्तमौ:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘तौ’ इति विशेष्यस्य
Speaker
Nārada (continuing narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two brāhmaṇas/sages recite the verse from a manuscript, offer repeated salutations, then rise with staffs and waterpots, turning westward toward the sea-bound Prabhāsa.
Characters & Entities
P
PrabhāsaŪ
ŪrjayantaP
PrāleyaFAQs
When sacred teaching is internalized, it should become lived dharma—here, devotion turns into immediate tīrtha-yātrā.
Prabhāsa tīrtha.
Travel to Prabhāsa and perform snāna (ritual bathing).