Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ते धन्यास्ते नमस्कार्यास्तेषां स्फीततरं यशः । येषां कलेवरं नॄणां सिक्तं सारस्वतैर्जलैः

Transliteration

te dhanyāste namaskāryāsteṣāṃ sphītataraṃ yaśaḥ | yeṣāṃ kalevaraṃ nṝṇāṃ siktaṃ sārasvatairjalaiḥ

Translation

Blessed are they—worthy of salutation—and their fame grows ever more abundant: those whose bodies are bathed and sanctified by the waters of the Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• dhanyāḥ: blessed
• dhanyāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• namaskāryāḥ: worthy of salutation
• namaskāryāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namaskārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); साध्य/अर्हार्थक (worthy of)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• sphītataraṃ: more abundant; greater
• sphītataraṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphīta-tara (प्रातिपदिक; तर-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (sing.); तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• yaśaḥ: fame
• yaśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (sing.)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• kalevaram: body
• kalevaram: Karma (Object of 'siktaṃ'/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (sing.)

• nṝṇām: of men
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• siktam: sprinkled; wetted
• siktam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sikta (कृदन्त; √sic धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (sing.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• sārasvataiḥ: Sarasvatī-related
• sārasvataiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jalaiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• jalaiḥ: with waters
• jalaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-jala (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerging from the Sarasvatī-tīrtha with wet hair and folded hands; elders and priests offering respectful salutations; a sense of radiance around the bathed bodies, symbolizing sanctification and fame.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with sacred waters transforms one’s life into a vessel of merit and honor, reflecting the tīrtha’s sanctifying power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sarasvatī-jala-sparśa/snānā—being washed or sprinkled with Sarasvatī waters.