Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा तत्रैव विधिवच्छृंगेशं पूजयेन्नरः । मुक्तः स्यात्पातकैः सर्वैरृष्यशृंगो यथा पुरा

Transliteration

snātvā tatraiva vidhivacchṛṃgeśaṃ pūjayennaraḥ | muktaḥ syātpātakaiḥ sarvairṛṣyaśṛṃgo yathā purā

Translation

അവിടെയേ തന്നെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് മനുഷ്യൻ ശൃംഗേശനെ പൂജിക്കണം. അപ്പോൾ അവൻ സർവ്വപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകും—പുരാതനകാലത്ത് ഋഷ്യശൃംഗൻ പോലെ।

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb) = 'according to rule'

• शृंगेशम्: Śṛṅgeśa
• शृंगेशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंगेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: शृङ्गस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; मुच्-धातुज कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण नरः प्रति

• स्यात्: would be/should become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/source; 'from sins')
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण पातकैः प्रति

• ऋष्यशृंगः: Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• ऋष्यशृंगः: Upamana (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्यशृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/उपमान), एकवचन; समास: ऋष्यस्य शृङ्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), नाम

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Upamana-dyotaka (Comparator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative particle)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śṛṅgeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim at a sacred water-spot near Śṛṅgeśvara performs snāna, then approaches the liṅga with bilva leaves; a side vignette shows Ṛṣyaśṛṅga as a serene rishi, symbolizing purification.

Characters & Entities

• Śṛṅgeśa (Śiva)
• Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is linked to disciplined ritual—bathing and worship performed ‘vidhivat’ (properly) at a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śṛṅgeśvara/Śṛṅgeśa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the site and vidhivat pūjā (proper worship) of Śṛṅgeśa.