Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

क्रियते त्वत्करस्पर्शैर्जलादीनां पवित्रता

Transliteration

kriyate tvatkarasparśairjalādīnāṃ pavitratā

Translation

Dengan sentuhan tangan-Mu, bahkan air dan segala yang seumpamanya menjadi disucikan.

Word by Word

• क्रियते: is made/comes about
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘करस्पर्शैः’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध

• करस्पर्शैः: by the touch of (your) hands
• करस्पर्शैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर-स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• जलादीनाम्: of water and the like
• जलादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ इति समाहारसूचक

• पवित्रता: purity
• पवित्रता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्रता (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धितान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानीया (passive construction)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context (hymnic address to the Lord)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord’s hand touches a vessel of water; the water glows, symbolizing immediate purification. Nearby, pilgrims prepare for snāna and ācamana at a sacred shore.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jagannātha (implied Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is not merely material; divine presence sanctifies even ordinary elements like water.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a place where divine contact confers purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes purification through divine contact, relevant to snāna and tīrtha usage.