Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । स्नानमात्रेण विप्रोऽसौ दिव्यरूपमवाप ह । तत्र तस्थौ महादेवो गौर्या सह महेश्वरः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | snānamātreṇa vipro'sau divyarūpamavāpa ha | tatra tasthau mahādevo gauryā saha maheśvaraḥ

Translation

പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സ്നാനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ദിവ്യരൂപം പ്രാപിച്ചു; അവിടെ മഹാദേവൻ മഹേശ്വരൻ ഗൗരിയോടുകൂടെ നിലകൊണ്ടു।

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); अवच्छेदक-तत्पुरुष (snānasya mātram)

• विप्रः: the Brahmin
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• असौ: that (man), he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• दिव्यरूपम्: a divine form
• दिव्यरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अवाप: attained, obtained
• अवाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव-
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तस्थौ: stood, remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गौर्या: with Gaurī
• गौर्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक-प्रयोगे अव्यय (with)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (the Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Paṃgu Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as nṛpaśreṣṭha in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa emerges from the tīrtha waters radiant and transfigured; nearby, Śiva and Gaurī remain seated in calm majesty, indicating the site’s abiding divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Vipra
• Mahādeva
• Maheśvara
• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā can bring profound inner and outer transformation when empowered by divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Paṃgu Tīrtha, where bathing is said to confer a divine form and where Śiva abides with Gaurī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is presented as the efficacious act.