Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततः स्नातुं प्रविष्टा च सागरे लवणांभसि । हता कल्लोलमालाभिर्विह्वलत्वमुपागता

Transliteration

tataḥ snātuṃ praviṣṭā ca sāgare lavaṇāṃbhasi | hatā kallolamālābhirvihvalatvamupāgatā

Translation

Puis, pour se baigner, elle entra dans l’océan aux eaux salées. Frappée par des rangées de vagues successives, elle fut troublée et accablée.

Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): thereafter/from there

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), अव्यय; (to bathe)

• प्रविष्टा: entered
• प्रविष्टा: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (having entered)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• सागरे: in the sea
• सागरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• लवणाम्भसि: in salty water
• लवणाम्भसि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण-अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: लवण (salty) + अम्भस् (water)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (in salty water)

• हता: struck / overwhelmed
• हता: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (struck/overwhelmed)

• कल्लोलमालाभिः: by wave-rows
• कल्लोलमालाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्लोल-माला (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: कल्लोल (wave) + माला (garland/series)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (by series of waves)

• विह्वलत्वम्: bewilderment
• विह्वलत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विह्वल-त्व (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: विह्वल (confused) + त्व (भावप्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state of bewilderment)

• उपागता: attained / came to
• उपागता: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (having reached/attained)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara-snānā (sea-bath at Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman wades into the churning salt sea for ritual bathing; foaming waves rise in layered arcs, pushing her off balance as she struggles to keep composure.

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (sāgara)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practices may involve hardship, yet perseverance in sacred acts like snāna is part of the purifying journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sea-bathing connected with Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the ocean (lavaṇāmbhas).