Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानमेकचित्तो नरोत्तमः । सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य स प्राप्नोत्यखिलं फलम्

Transliteration

yastatra kurute snānamekacitto narottamaḥ | sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ phalam

Translation

ഹേ നരോത്തമാ! അവിടെ ഏകാഗ്രചിത്തനായി സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ, സകല തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലെ അഭിഷേകത്തിന്റെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकचित्तः: single-minded
• एकचित्तः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (एकं चित्तं यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नरोत्तमः/यः)

• नरोत्तमः: the best of men
• नरोत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (उत्तमः नरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य: of the bathing/ablution at all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वतीर्थेषु अभिषेकः / सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अखिलम्: entire, complete
• अखिलम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying फलम्)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim/audience (and by extension Devī in surrounding context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted pilgrim stands waist-deep in sacred water at dawn, hands joined, eyes lowered in concentration; faint silhouettes of many tīrthas (rivers, ghats, mountains) appear as visionary overlays around him, signifying ‘all-tīrtha abhiṣeka’ fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded devotion during a sacred act multiplies its merit; inner focus completes outer ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised as equal to bathing at all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with ekāgratā (one-pointed attention).