Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

जलप्रभासनामास्य ततो जातं धरातले । तस्यालं स्पर्शनाद्देवि शिवलोकं व्रजेन्नरः

Transliteration

jalaprabhāsanāmāsya tato jātaṃ dharātale | tasyālaṃ sparśanāddevi śivalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ഭൂമിയിൽ ‘ജലപ്രഭാസ’ എന്ന തീർത്ഥം ഉദിച്ചു. ഹേ ദേവീ! അതിനെ സ്പർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ട് മനുഷ്യൻ ശിവലോകം പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• जलप्रभासनाम: (it) named Jalaprabhāsa
• जलप्रभासनाम: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + प्रभास + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• आस: was
• आस: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• य: which
• य: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• ततः: thereafter, from that
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (from there/thereafter)

• जातम्: born, arisen
• जातम्: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative 7th), एकवचन (singular)

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (genitive 6th), एकवचन (singular)

• अलम्: enough; sufficiently
• अलम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पर्याप्त्यर्थक (enough/sufficient), here intensifier with instrumental

• स्पर्शनात्: from (its) touch; by touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (ablative 5th), एकवचन (singular)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative 8th), एकवचन (singular)

• शिवलोकम्: to Śiva's world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• व्रजेत्: would go / may go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice addressing Devī (as listener) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaprabhāsa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous water-tīrtha named Jalaprabhāsa manifests upon the earth; pilgrims reverently touch the water as a subtle radiance rises toward Śiva’s realm, while Devī is addressed in the narration.

Characters & Entities

• Jalaprabhāsa
• Devī
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a sanctified place (tīrtha-sparśa) is presented as a direct means to Śaiva liberation-oriented merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jalaprabhāsa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sparśana—touching/coming into contact with the tīrtha as a merit-producing act.