Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अपि कीटपतंगा ये तृषार्ताः सलिले शुभे । मज्जयिष्यति यास्यंति तेऽपि स्थानं दिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

api kīṭapataṃgā ye tṛṣārtāḥ salile śubhe | majjayiṣyati yāsyaṃti te'pi sthānaṃ divaukasām

Translation

ദാഹാർത്തരായ കീടപതംഗങ്ങളും ഈ ശുഭജലത്തിൽ മുങ്ങിയാൽ, അവരും ദേവലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• कीटपतङ्गाः: worms and insects
• कीटपतङ्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट (प्रातिपदिक) + पतङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• तृषार्ताः: afflicted by thirst
• तृषार्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृषा (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (√ऋ, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• मज्जयिष्यति: will immerse/sink
• मज्जयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; (अर्थतः ‘मज्जन्ति/मज्जिष्यन्ति’ इति बहुवचन-भावः)

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिवौकसाम्: of the heavenly dwellers (gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Dharma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha (Kapilā-salila)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rajendra / Pārthiva-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred pool/riverbank where thirsty insects and birds descend, sip and immerse; the water glows with auspicious light, suggesting unseen devas witnessing the act.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Kapilā-tīrtha
• Divaukas (celestials)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is depicted as overflowing with grace—its sanctity benefits even non-human beings through simple contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapilā-tīrtha, whose auspicious waters are said to elevate even insects and birds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immersion/bathing (majjana/snāna) in the tīrtha water is highlighted as the operative sacred act.