Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इक्षो रसेन स्नपनं शतवाजिमखैः समम् । तथैव तीर्थनीरं स फलं यच्छति भूमिप

Transliteration

ikṣo rasena snapanaṃ śatavājimakhaiḥ samam | tathaiva tīrthanīraṃ sa phalaṃ yacchati bhūmipa

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਗੰਨੇ ਦੇ ਰਸ ਨਾਲ (ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦਾ) ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਾਉਣਾ ਸੌ ਅਸ਼ਵਮੇਧ ਯੱਗਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ ਹੈ; ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੀਰਥ ਦਾ ਜਲ ਵੀ ਉਹੀ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਹੇ ਭੂਪ।

Word by Word

• इक्षोः: of sugarcane
• इक्षोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्षु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• रसेन: with juice
• रसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्नपनम्: bathing/ablution
• स्नपनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• शतवाजिमखैः: with (the merit) equal to hundred Aśvamedha sacrifices
• शतवाजिमखैः: Upamana/Comparison (तुलना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + वाजि + मख (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शत-वाजि-मख = 'hundred-horse sacrifice')

• समम्: equal(ly)
• समम्: Avyaya-bhāva (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे 'समम्' = 'equally'

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Avyaya-bhāva (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya-bhāva (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात

• तीर्थनीरम्: sacred water (water of a tīrtha)
• तीर्थनीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + नीर (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य नीरम्)

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

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

• यच्छति: gives/bestows
• यच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भूमिप: O king
• भूमिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (with tīrtha-jala from local/renowned tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūmipa (king) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees pour pale green-gold sugarcane juice over Kṛṣṇa; beside it, a pilgrim offers a copper pot of tīrtha water gathered at a ghat; the king is shown receiving instruction; the sea/river glimmers in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-jala (holy water)
• Sugarcane juice abhiṣeka
• Aśvamedha (vāji-makha)
• Dvārakā (context)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings made in devotion—especially with tīrtha water—are exalted as surpassing or equaling grand Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā by context, and tīrtha waters associated with pilgrimage practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snapana/abhiṣeka using sugarcane juice and tīrtha water.