Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यच्चान्यदपि तत्रैव क्षिप्यते सलिले शुभे । तत्सर्वं शुक्लतामेति पश्य मे वपुरीदृशम्

Transliteration

yaccānyadapi tatraiva kṣipyate salile śubhe | tatsarvaṃ śuklatāmeti paśya me vapurīdṛśam

Translation

ആ ശുഭജലത്തിൽ എന്തെല്ലാം ഇട്ടാലും അതെല്ലാം വെളുപ്പാകുന്നു. നോക്കൂ—എന്റെ ശരീരവും അതിനാൽ ഇങ്ങനെ ദീപ്തമായിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karta/Karma (Relative-correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta/Karma (Subject/Object/कर्ता/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed, right there
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• kṣipyate: is thrown
• kṣipyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• salile: in the water
• salile: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• śubhe: pure, auspicious
• śubhe: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सलिले)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative)

• sarvam: all of it
• sarvam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तत्)

• śuklatām: whiteness
• śuklatām: Karma/Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuklatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eti: goes to, becomes
• eti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• paśya: see
• paśya: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• vapuḥ: body
• vapuḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• īdṛśam: such, like this
• īdṛśam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वपुः)

Speaker

Dāśakanyā (the fisher-girl)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-śukla-toya-nirjhara (the whitening spring)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of the spring’s clear water; a cloth or object dropped in turns bright white; the woman displays her fairened body as evidence.

Characters & Entities

• salila (sacred water)
• śuklatā (whiteness/brightness)
• Arbuda nirjhara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are portrayed as materially and spiritually transformative, symbolizing inner cleansing through outer purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious water of the Arbuda spring (nirjhara), famed for making what is washed or immersed become ‘white/bright’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Casting/immersing items in the sacred water as a purificatory act (a form of cleansing tied to the tīrtha’s power).