Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तैलाभ्यक्तस्य यत्तेजो जायते मनुजेषु च । स्नातमात्रे तथा तेजस्तीर्थस्यैव प्रसादतः

Transliteration

tailābhyaktasya yattejo jāyate manujeṣu ca | snātamātre tathā tejastīrthasyaiva prasādataḥ

Translation

ಎಣ್ಣೆಯಿಂದ ಅಭ್ಯಂಗ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇವಲ ಸ್ನಾನಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದ—ಈ ತೀರ್ಥದ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದ—ಲಭಿಸುತ್ತದೆ।

Word by Word

• taila-abhyaktasya: of one anointed with oil
• taila-abhyaktasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: taila (प्रातिपदिक) + abhyakta (कृदन्त) [abhi-√añj (धातु)]
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut) षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (singular); 'of one anointed with oil'

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• tejaḥ: splendour/energy
• tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• manujeṣu: among men
• manujeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• snāta-mātre: upon merely bathing
• snāta-mātre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāta (कृदन्त) [√snā (धातु)] + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (singular); 'in the mere act/state of bathing'

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'so/likewise')

• tejaḥ: splendour/energy
• tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• tīrthasya: of the sacred place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis: 'indeed/just')

• prasādataḥ: due to grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (singular); -तः (tas) = 'from/by reason of'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bather steps out of the kuṇḍa; light seems to cling to the skin like a golden sheen, echoing the comparison to oil-anointing; the water surface glitters with sacred luminosity.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Tīrtha
• Snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing is not merely symbolic; the tīrtha’s grace confers tangible purity and auspicious radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-focused passage of Adhyāya 147.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha; the verse emphasizes that even bathing alone yields auspicious luster.