Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

क्रियते त्वत्करस्पर्शैर्जलादीनां पवित्रता

Transliteration

kriyate tvatkarasparśairjalādīnāṃ pavitratā

Translation

Par le toucher de Tes mains, même l’eau et les choses semblables sont purifiées.

Word by Word

• क्रियते: is made/comes about
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘करस्पर्शैः’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध

• करस्पर्शैः: by the touch of (your) hands
• करस्पर्शैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर-स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• जलादीनाम्: of water and the like
• जलादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ इति समाहारसूचक

• पवित्रता: purity
• पवित्रता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्रता (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धितान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानीया (passive construction)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context (hymnic address to the Lord)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord’s hand touches a vessel of water; the water glows, symbolizing immediate purification. Nearby, pilgrims prepare for snāna and ācamana at a sacred shore.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jagannātha (implied Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is not merely material; divine presence sanctifies even ordinary elements like water.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a place where divine contact confers purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes purification through divine contact, relevant to snāna and tīrtha usage.