Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

पश्यंत्यद्यापि याः स्नात्वा तत्राहिल्येश्वरं स्त्रियः । पुरुषाश्चापि तद्दोषैर्मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

paśyaṃtyadyāpi yāḥ snātvā tatrāhilyeśvaraṃ striyaḥ | puruṣāścāpi taddoṣairmucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ແມ່ນແຕ່ທຸກມື້ນີ້ ຜູ້ຍິງທີ່ອາບນ້ຳຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ແລະໄດ້ເຫັນອະຫິລະເຢສະວະຣະ ຍ່ອມພົ້ນຈາກມົນທິນນັ້ນ; ຜູ້ຊາຍກໍພົ້ນເຊັ່ນກັນ—ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສ.

Word by Word

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्यापि: even today/still
• अद्यापि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययसमूहः (adverbial phrase)

• याः: who (women)
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; अर्थे—‘having bathed’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अहिल्येश्वरम्: Ahilyeśvara (a Śiva-linga)
• अहिल्येश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिल्या (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘अहिल्यायाः ईश्वरः’ (Lord of Ahalyā)

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पुरुषाः: men
• पुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण (दोषैः) — ‘of that’

• दोषैः: by faults/sins
• दोषैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive: Narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahilyeśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims—women and men—bathe at the Prabhāsa waters and proceed to the Ahilyeśvara shrine; their faces show relief as symbolic stains dissolve, underscoring ‘no doubt’ certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Ahilyeśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna combined with Śiva-darśana functions as purification, removing moral and ritual blemishes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ahilyeśvara—presented as a Śiva shrine in the Prabhāsa sacred geography, associated with liberation from दोष (blemish).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the site and darśana (beholding) of Ahilyeśvara.