Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ये चात्र मलनाशाय विशेयुर्मानवा जलम् । गोप्रदानफलं तेषां सुखेन फलमादिशेत्

Transliteration

ye cātra malanāśāya viśeyurmānavā jalam | gopradānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ sukhena phalamādiśet

Translation

Et ceux qui ici entrent dans l’eau pour dissiper l’impureté—qu’on déclare qu’ils obtiennent aisément le fruit du don d’une vache.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धि-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मलनाशाय: for the destruction of impurity
• मलनाशाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल-नाश (प्रातिपदिक; मल + नाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative), एकवचनम्; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose)

• विशेयुः: should enter
• विशेयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मानवाः: men, people
• मानवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• गोप्रदानफलम्: the fruit of gifting a cow
• गोप्रदानफलम्: Karya/Phala (फल/परिणाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-प्रदान-फल (प्रातिपदिक; गो + प्रदान + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेष्य-भावे (as predicate/nominal)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• सुखेन: easily, with ease
• सुखेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; प्रकारवाचक (by ease/comfortably)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• आदिशेत्: should declare/assign
• आदिशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दिś् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha-jala

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: People step into clear sacred water with a focus on cleansing; above them appears a symbolic cow (go) made of light, indicating go-dāna fruit attained easily.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-jala (sacred waters)
• Go-dāna (cow-gift)
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing undertaken for purification can confer great merit comparable to major gifts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred waters at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the local tīrtha implied by “here”).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering/bathing in the tīrtha waters for cleansing (mala-nāśa) and purification.