Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महातीर्थे लिंगं संप्लाव्य यत्नतः । विप्रेभ्यो दापयेद्वित्तं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahātīrthe liṃgaṃ saṃplāvya yatnataḥ | viprebhyo dāpayedvittaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

उस महातीर्थ में स्नान करके और यत्नपूर्वक लिंग का अभिषेक करके, ब्राह्मणों को धन का दान देना चाहिए; इससे मनुष्य समस्त पातकों से मुक्त हो जाता है।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• महातीर्थे: in the great sacred ford (tīrtha)
• महातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक: महा + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• संप्लाव्य: having washed/immersed (it)
• संप्लाव्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: सम्, पूर्वक्रिया

• यत्नतः: carefully, with effort
• यत्नतः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतस् (अव्यय; यत्न + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक/प्रकारवाचक adverb of manner)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), बहुवचन

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given / should give
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपातक (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पातक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmavatīśvara Mahā-tīrtha (associated waters)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a sacred waterbody, then pour water over the liṅga with devotion; afterward, they offer coins, cloth, and food to brāhmaṇas seated in a row, with the sea-temple horizon of Prabhāsa behind.

Characters & Entities

• Mahā-tīrtha
• Liṅga
• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed by a triad: tīrtha-snāna, reverent service to the deity, and dāna—together framed as a path to release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “great tīrtha” at Prabhāsa associated with the Rukmavatī-established Liṅga (Rukmavatīśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the tīrtha, careful washing/laving of the Liṅga, and giving wealth as dāna to brāhmaṇas.