Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततः स्नात्वा गृहं प्राप्तः पश्चात्तापसमन्वितः । ततः कालेन महता स भूयस्तत्र चागतः

Transliteration

tataḥ snātvā gṛhaṃ prāptaḥ paścāttāpasamanvitaḥ | tataḥ kālena mahatā sa bhūyastatra cāgataḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പശ്ചാത്താപത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞവനായി അവൻ വീട്ടിലേക്കു മടങ്ങി. തുടർന്ന് ദീർഘകാലം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ അവൻ വീണ്ടും അവിടെ എത്തി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: 'then/thereafter')

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• gṛham: home
• gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• prāptaḥ: (he) arrived/reached
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (आप् धातु) + kta (क्त) → prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'arrived' (Masculine, Nom., Singular; PPP used predicatively)

• paścāttāpa-samanvitaḥ: endowed with remorse
• paścāttāpa-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścāttāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (सम्+अन्वि/इ धातु?; प्रातिपदिक 'samanvita' = endowed)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सह-भाव: paścāttāpena samanvitaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• kālena: with time, after some time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• mahatā: great, long
• mahatā: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; agreeing with kālena)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nom., Singular; Pronoun)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• āgataḥ: came
• āgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त) → āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'came' (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakhala

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the king departs with downcast eyes; time passes (shown by seasonal change); he returns older/wiser to the same ghat, hands folded, seeking resolution.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Sumati
• Kanakhala Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remorse and renewed return to sacred places reflect a purāṇic model of self-correction and persistence in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakhala tīrtha, revisited after a long interval.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is mentioned; the verse implies continued tīrtha-sevā through revisiting.