Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा सारस्वते तोये यस्तल्लिंगं प्रपश्यति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

snātvā sārasvate toye yastalliṃgaṃ prapaśyati | sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

സരസ്വതീജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ആ ലിംഗം ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനായി ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തിൽ മഹത്വം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Absolutive/Gerund), धातु: स्ना, अर्थे: स्नानं कृत्वा

• सारस्वते: in the Sarasvatī-related
• सारस्वते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (toye)

• तोये: in water
• तोये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रपश्यति: sees
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + वि-निर्√मुच् (धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः); कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle) from वि-निर्√मुच्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-snāna and Śūlin-liṅga-darśana (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed interlocutor (varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerge from the river, wet hair and clean garments, walking toward a liṅga shrine; the liṅga glistens with abhiṣeka; a subtle celestial radiance hints at Brahmaloka honor.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī River
• Liṅga
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by practice: tīrtha-snāna followed by sacred darśana, yielding purification and elevated spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī tīrtha at Prabhāsa and the associated Brahmeśvara liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Sarasvatī’s sacred waters and then perform liṅga-darśana (beholding the liṅga with reverence).