Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो रत्नगर्भाय मन्त्रेणानेन भामिनि । कंकणं प्रक्षिपेत्तत्र ततः स्नायाद्यदृच्छया

Transliteration

oṃ namo ratnagarbhāya mantreṇānena bhāmini | kaṃkaṇaṃ prakṣipettatra tataḥ snāyādyadṛcchayā

Translation

“Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Ratnagarbha (Yang Berrahim Permata)!”—dengan mantra ini, wahai wanita yang berseri, hendaklah dicampakkan gelang ke sana, lalu mandi sebagaimana ditetapkan oleh upacara.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Mantra-marker (Invocation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणव-निपात

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha-bodhaka (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् अव्यय-प्रयोग: ‘salutation’

• रत्न-गर्भाय: to Ratnagarbha (jewel-wombed one)
• रत्न-गर्भाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रत्नानां गर्भः ‘having jewels within’); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• मन्त्रेण: by a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भामिनि: O radiant lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कंकणम्: bracelet
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रक्षिपेत्: should throw in; should cast
• प्रक्षिपेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय: ‘then’

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यदृच्छया: by chance; spontaneously
• यदृच्छया: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग: ‘by chance; as it happens’

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnagarbha-arpana at Prabhāsa-samudra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāminī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant woman/pilgrim (bhāminī) stands at the shore, reciting ‘Oṃ namo Ratnagarbhāya’ and gently casting a bracelet into the glittering sea; the water seems to cradle the offering like a jewel-womb.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnagarbha
• Oṃ
• Pārvatī/Devī
• tīrtha (Prabhāsa waters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through mantra and offering becomes a gateway to tīrtha-purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual is set in Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s sacred waters described in this māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of ‘Oṃ namo ratnagarbhāya’, offering (casting) a bracelet into the tīrtha, followed by bathing.