Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एषा जलप्रभासस्य संभूतिस्ते मयोदिता । श्रुता पापोपशमनी सर्वकामफलप्रदा

Transliteration

eṣā jalaprabhāsasya saṃbhūtiste mayoditā | śrutā pāpopaśamanī sarvakāmaphalapradā

Translation

ഇത് ജലപ്രഭാസത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവം ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞു; ഇത് ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ പാപങ്ങൾ ശമിക്കുന്നു, എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെയും ഫലം നൽകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she/this account)
• एषा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• जलप्रभासस्य: of Jalaprabhāsa
• जलप्रभासस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलप्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive 6th), एकवचन (singular)

• संभूतिः: origin, manifestation
• संभूतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative), एकवचन (singular); here dative sense (to you)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (instrumental 3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• उदिता: told, uttered
• उदिता: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + वद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन

• श्रुता: heard
• श्रुता: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन; (सा) श्रुता = when heard

• पापोपशमनी: that which pacifies sins
• पापोपशमनी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + उपशमनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of संभूतिः/कथा)

• सर्वकामफलप्रदा: bestowing the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrative voice within the māhātmya (speaker addressing Devī/listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaprabhāsa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) the addressed interlocutor within the māhātmya dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates the origin of Jalaprabhāsa to attentive pilgrims; the tīrtha waters shimmer, suggesting purificatory power; listeners appear relieved and uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Jalaprabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that purifies and yields desired results (phalaśruti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jalaprabhāsa tīrtha of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya (and by extension recitation/hearing traditions).