Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अपि कीटपतंगा ये तृषार्ताः सलिले शुभे । मज्जयिष्यति यास्यंति तेऽपि स्थानं दिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

api kīṭapataṃgā ye tṛṣārtāḥ salile śubhe | majjayiṣyati yāsyaṃti te'pi sthānaṃ divaukasām

Translation

Même les insectes et les oiseaux, tourmentés par la soif, s’ils s’immergent dans cette eau de bon augure—eux aussi gagneront le séjour des êtres célestes.

Word by Word

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

• कीटपतङ्गाः: worms and insects
• कीटपतङ्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट (प्रातिपदिक) + पतङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• तृषार्ताः: afflicted by thirst
• तृषार्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृषा (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (√ऋ, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• मज्जयिष्यति: will immerse/sink
• मज्जयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; (अर्थतः ‘मज्जन्ति/मज्जिष्यन्ति’ इति बहुवचन-भावः)

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

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

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिवौकसाम्: of the heavenly dwellers (gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Dharma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha (Kapilā-salila)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rajendra / Pārthiva-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred pool/riverbank where thirsty insects and birds descend, sip and immerse; the water glows with auspicious light, suggesting unseen devas witnessing the act.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Kapilā-tīrtha
• Divaukas (celestials)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is depicted as overflowing with grace—its sanctity benefits even non-human beings through simple contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapilā-tīrtha, whose auspicious waters are said to elevate even insects and birds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immersion/bathing (majjana/snāna) in the tīrtha water is highlighted as the operative sacred act.