Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मृगत्वे पतितश्चात्र नरो भूत्वा विनिर्गतः । सोऽब्रवीत्तस्य माहात्म्यं सलिलस्य द्विजोत्तमः

Transliteration

mṛgatve patitaścātra naro bhūtvā vinirgataḥ | so'bravīttasya māhātmyaṃ salilasya dvijottamaḥ

Translation

ଏଠାରେ ମୃଗତ୍ୱରେ ପତିତ ସେ ପୁନଃ ନର ହୋଇ ବାହାରିଲା; ତାପରେ ଦ୍ୱିଜୋତ୍ତମ ମୁନି ସେହି ଜଳର ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• मृगत्वे: in the state of being a deer
• मृगत्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP; Masculine, Nominative singular

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — adverb of place

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having become’

• विनिर्गतः: came out / emerged
• विनिर्गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP; Masculine, Nominative singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person singular

• तस्य: of that / its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• सलिलस्य: of the water
• सलिलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive singular

• द्विजोत्तमः: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजोत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानाम् उत्तमः) — Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Salila of the manifested kunda in Prabhāsa (name not given in the excerpt)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified sage (dvijottama) addresses the newly human devotee beside the shining kunda, gesturing toward the water as he proclaims its māhātmya; the scene feels like a formal upadeśa at a pilgrimage stop.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijottama (sage)
• Sacred water (salila)
• Deer-to-human transformation

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters can reverse misfortune and elevate birth; the wise articulate the tīrtha’s dharmic significance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred water that manifested in the pit/well by huṃkāra, near the Devikā riverbank in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it introduces the formal praise (māhātmya) of the water by the sage.