Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तन्मा कार्षीर्विलंबं त्वं गच्छ तीरं महोदधेः । प्राभासिके महादेवीं प्रतिलोमां विगाहय

Transliteration

tanmā kārṣīrvilaṃbaṃ tvaṃ gaccha tīraṃ mahodadheḥ | prābhāsike mahādevīṃ pratilomāṃ vigāhaya

Translation

ഇതിൽ വൈകിപ്പിക്കരുത്; മഹാസമുദ്രത്തിന്റെ തീരത്തേക്ക് ചെന്നു, പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ പ്രതിലോമമായി മഹാദേവിയുടെ പുണ്യധാരയിൽ അവഗാഹനം (സ്നാനം) ചെയ്യുക।

Word by Word

• tat: therefore/that
• tat: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्; तद् (neuter acc. sg. used adverbially) = ‘therefore/that’ (idiomatic with mā)

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Prohibition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle used with imperative/optative)

• kārṣīḥ: make/do
• kārṣīḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; निषेधार्थे ‘mā’ सह (prohibitive)

• vilaṃbam: delay
• vilaṃbam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tīram: to the shore/bank
• tīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mahā-udadheḥ: of the great ocean
• mahā-udadheḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् उदधिः)

• prābhāsike: in/at Prābhāsa (Prabhāsa region)
• prābhāsike: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prābhāsika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (place-adjective)

• mahā-devīm: the great goddess
• mahā-devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)

• pratilomām: upstream/against the current
• pratilomām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratiloma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• vigāhaya: enter/plunge into
• vigāhaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + gāh (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (guiding authority addressing Rāma in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa coastal tīrtha (Mahādevī / Sarasvatī-associated snāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim hastens to the ocean’s edge at Prabhāsa; at the meeting of sacred waters, he enters the tīrtha moving ‘against the current’ (pratiloma), while priests indicate the correct path.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Mahodadhi (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Promptness and correct ritual method at a powerful tīrtha are emphasized as part of purificatory dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa coastal tīrtha at the great ocean, connected to the sacred divine presence (linked to Sarasvatī-saṅgama in this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To go to the ocean-shore in Prabhāsa and perform immersion/bathing with a specified ‘pratiloma’ (reverse-direction) procedure.