Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्नानं कुरु महाराज ह्येकीभूतेषु तत्र च । अस्मिञ्जलाशये पुण्ये सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्

Transliteration

snānaṃ kuru mahārāja hyekībhūteṣu tatra ca | asmiñjalāśaye puṇye satyametadbravīmyaham

Translation

«Accomplis le bain sacré, ô grand roi, lorsque tous s’y seront unis. Dans ce réservoir saint, je dis la vérité.»

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरु: do/perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• एकीभूतेषु: in/among those that have become united
• एकीभूतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकीभूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; (पुं/नपुं) — 'एकीभूत' (भू धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययः) as adjectival participle

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• जलाशये: in the water-reservoir/lake
• जलाशये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• पुण्ये: holy/meritorious
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying jalāśaye)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here predicate-noun (प्रत्ययार्थे)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ब्रवीमि: I say
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

Speaker

Lomaśa (context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇya-jalāśaya as Sarva-tīrtha receptacle (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nimi (mahārāja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king steps into a luminous reservoir as the invoked tīrthas symbolically merge; Lomāśa stands on the bank affirming the truth, hand raised in instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• jalāśaya (sacred reservoir)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual bathing in a consecrated tīrtha, at the proper sacred moment, is a direct means to obtain great merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A holy jalāśaya (reservoir) identified in the chapter as Jambū Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) in the holy reservoir at the time when the invoked tīrthas have ‘united’ there.