Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दृश्यतां मत्प्रभावोऽद्य धर्मा र्थमिह भूतले । आनयिष्याम्यहं सम्यक्पुण्यं सांनिहितं सरः

Transliteration

dṛśyatāṃ matprabhāvo'dya dharmā rthamiha bhūtale | ānayiṣyāmyahaṃ samyakpuṇyaṃ sāṃnihitaṃ saraḥ

Translation

«Qu’aujourd’hui ma puissance soit manifestée, pour la cause du dharma sur cette terre. Je ferai assurément surgir le lac sacré et méritoire de Sāṃnihita (tīrtha).»

Word by Word

• dṛśyatām: let (it) be seen
• dṛśyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; passive/impersonal sense ‘let (it) be seen’

• mat-prabhāvaḥ: my power, my might
• mat-prabhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of dṛśyatām)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मम प्रभावः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• dharma-artham: for the sake of dharma
• dharma-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + artha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/प्रयोजन: धर्मस्य अर्थः/धर्मार्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikarana (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• bhūtale: on the earth’s surface
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: भूः तलं), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• ānayiṣyāmi: I will bring
• ānayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samyak: properly, completely
• samyak: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• puṇyam: holy, meritorious
• puṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण of saraḥ

• sāṃnihitam: present, nearby
• sāṃnihitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-nihita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण of saraḥ

• saraḥ: lake, pond
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of ānayiṣyāmi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (acc.=nom. in neuter)

Speaker

Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihita-saras / Saṃnihitī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed later in the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu declares that his power will be seen and that he will bring forth the meritorious Saṃnihita lake; the landscape of Prabhāsa is poised for a miraculous emergence.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Sāṃnihita Saraḥ (Saṃnihitī tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power is revealed to establish dharma through accessible means—creating tīrthas that purify and uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāṃnihita Saraḥ / Saṃnihitī tīrtha at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied prescription: approach and bathe in the newly manifested meritorious saras for dharmic benefit.