Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महातीर्थे लिंगं संप्लाव्य यत्नतः । विप्रेभ्यो दापयेद्वित्तं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahātīrthe liṃgaṃ saṃplāvya yatnataḥ | viprebhyo dāpayedvittaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Having bathed there in that great tīrtha, and carefully laved the Liṅga with water, one should give wealth in charity to the brāhmaṇas—thereby one is freed from all grievous sins.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• महातीर्थे: in the great sacred ford (tīrtha)
• महातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक: महा + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• संप्लाव्य: having washed/immersed (it)
• संप्लाव्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: सम्, पूर्वक्रिया

• यत्नतः: carefully, with effort
• यत्नतः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतस् (अव्यय; यत्न + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक/प्रकारवाचक adverb of manner)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), बहुवचन

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given / should give
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपातक (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पातक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmavatīśvara Mahā-tīrtha (associated waters)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a sacred waterbody, then pour water over the liṅga with devotion; afterward, they offer coins, cloth, and food to brāhmaṇas seated in a row, with the sea-temple horizon of Prabhāsa behind.

Characters & Entities

• Mahā-tīrtha
• Liṅga
• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed by a triad: tīrtha-snāna, reverent service to the deity, and dāna—together framed as a path to release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “great tīrtha” at Prabhāsa associated with the Rukmavatī-established Liṅga (Rukmavatīśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the tīrtha, careful washing/laving of the Liṅga, and giving wealth as dāna to brāhmaṇas.