Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्यां महादेवि तथा च प्रतिपद्दिने । सर्वपापविनाशार्थं तत्र स्नाति सरस्वती

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāṃ mahādevi tathā ca pratipaddine | sarvapāpavināśārthaṃ tatra snāti sarasvatī

Translation

മഹാദേവീ! പൗർണ്ണമിയിലും പ്രതിപദ ദിനത്തിലും സകലപാപനാശാർത്ഥം സരസ്വതി അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• pratipad-dine: on the Pratipad day (1st lunar day)
• pratipad-dine: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratipad-dina (प्रातिपदिक; प्रतिपद् + दिन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpa-vināśa-artham: for the destruction of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vināśa-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva+pāpa+vināśa+artha (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + विनाश + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

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

• snāti: bathes
• snāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī (the river/goddess)
• sarasvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; addressing Devī is explicit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Prabhāsa tīrtha/kuṇḍa associated with Sarasvatī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (the Great Goddess; addressee in vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a bright full-moon night and again at the fresh beginning of the lunar month, the goddess Sarasvatī—radiant, white-robed, veena-bearing—descends to bathe in the Prabhāsa waters, which shimmer with purifying light.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Sarasvatī
• Paurṇamāsī
• Pratipad
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (tīrtha) together magnify purification; divine exemplars model dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha/kuṇḍa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra being praised in Adhyāya 147 (Brahmakuṇḍa context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha specifically on Paurṇamāsī (full moon) and Pratipad (lunar first day).