Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानेन देवेशि सर्वतीर्थाभिषेचनम्

Transliteration

tatra snānena deveśi sarvatīrthābhiṣecanam

Translation

हे देवेशी, तेथे स्नान केल्याने सर्व तीर्थांतील स्नानासमान अभिषेकाचे पुण्य प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

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

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• देवेशि: O lady of the lord of gods / O Deveśī
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेचनम्: (it is) the bathing/ablution of all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेचनम्: Karta (Predicative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिषेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अभिषेचनम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnakuṇḍa (in Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (devēśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims entering a sacred pond at dawn; Śiva’s words appear as a blessing; the waters shimmer with miniature icons of many famous tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Prayāga) symbolically contained within one kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Sarva-tīrtha (all tīrthas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single act of reverent bathing in a supremely praised tīrtha can confer comprehensive purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place within Prabhāsa-kṣetra described in the Ratneśvara context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at that location, praised as equivalent to the ablution of all tīrthas.