Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सरांसि सरितश्चैव पल्वलानि ह्रदास्तथा । तानि मेध्यानि सर्वाणि सर्वपापहराणि च

Transliteration

sarāṃsi saritaścaiva palvalāni hradāstathā | tāni medhyāni sarvāṇi sarvapāpaharāṇi ca

Translation

സരോവരങ്ങളും നദികളും, പൽവലങ്ങളും ഹ്രദങ്ങളും—അവ എല്ലാം ശുദ്ധികരവും സർവ്വപാപഹരവുമാണ്.

Word by Word

• सरांसि: lakes, ponds
• सरांसि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative plural

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पल्वलानि: marshes, pools
• पल्वलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative plural

• ह्रदाः: lakes
• ह्रदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative plural

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise/so’)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative plural (pronoun)

• मेध्यानि: pure, purifying
• मेध्यानि: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. plural; विशेषण (qualifying तानि)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. plural; विशेषण (qualifying तानि)

• सर्वपापहराणि: removers of all sins
• सर्वपापहराणि: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पापानां हराणि) विशेषण (qualifying तानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa inner waters (sarasi/sarit/palvala/hrada)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing in multiple kinds of waters—river current, still lake, lotus pond—while priests chant; the waters glow subtly, symbolizing pāpa-kṣaya.

Characters & Entities

• Sacred waters of Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with tīrtha-waters—natural and temple-linked—is portrayed as a potent instrument of purification within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The waters (lakes, rivers, pools, ponds) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snān is implied by praising these waters as medhya (purifying) and sarvapāpahara (sin-removing).