Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

कुण्डे केदारसंज्ञे यः प्रपिबेद्विमलं जलम् । सप्तपूर्वान्सप्त परान्पूर्वजांस्तारयेत्तु सः

Transliteration

kuṇḍe kedārasaṃjñe yaḥ prapibedvimalaṃ jalam | saptapūrvānsapta parānpūrvajāṃstārayettu saḥ

Translation

Quiconque boit l’eau pure de l’étang nommé Kedāra délivre ses ancêtres : sept générations avant et sept générations après.

Word by Word

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• केदारसंज्ञे: named ‘Kedāra’
• केदारसंज्ञे: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केदार + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; केदार-नामक (having the name ‘Kedāra’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• प्रपिबेत्: should drink
• प्रपिबेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विमलम्: pure
• विमलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सप्तपूर्वान्: seven ancestors (before)
• सप्तपूर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; ‘सप्त’ संख्यापूर्वक-समास

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; अत्र ‘परान्’ विशेषयति (indeclinable-like numeral used adjectivally)

• परान्: descendants (after)
• परान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• पूर्वजान्: forefathers/ancestors
• पूर्वजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• तारयेत्: should deliver/save
• तारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (addressing Yayāti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clear pond labeled Kedāra-kuṇḍa; a pilgrim cups hands to drink the water while mentally offering it to ancestors; subtle ancestral figures appear as light forms receiving uplift.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra-kuṇḍa
• Vimala-jala
• Pūrvaja (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy site’s sanctity extends beyond the individual; sincere contact with tīrtha-water is said to uplift one’s lineage through ancestral merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-named sacred pond (Kedāra-kuṇḍa) within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Kedāra tīrtha setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking (ācamana/pāna) of the vimala (pure) water from Kedāra-kuṇḍa for accruing lineage-benefit.