Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अन्नाभावान्ममोत्पन्न उपवासो बलाद्यतः । तदहं पद्मके तीर्थेस्नात्वा च लवणांभसि

Transliteration

annābhāvānmamotpanna upavāso balādyataḥ | tadahaṃ padmake tīrthesnātvā ca lavaṇāṃbhasi

Translation

ਭੋਜਨ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਕਾਰਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਬਲਵਸ਼ ਉਪਵਾਸ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ। ਫਿਰ ਮੈਂ ਪਦਮਕ ਤੀਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਲੂਣੇ ਜਲਾਂ (ਸਮੁੰਦਰ) ਵਿੱਚ ਸਨਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• अन्न-अभावात्: from lack of food
• अन्न-अभावात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• उत्पन्नः: arisen
• उत्पन्नः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्√पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with उपवासः)

• उपवासः: fasting
• उपवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• बलात्: by force, inevitably
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (forcibly/inevitably)

• यतः: since, because
• यतः: Sambandha (Causal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कारणार्थक (because/since)

• तत्: therefore
• तत्: Sambandha (Conclusion marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तस्मात्/अतः (therefore)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पद्मके: at Padmaka (place)
• पद्मके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• लवण-अम्भसि: in salty water (sea-water)
• लवण-अम्भसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Rājā (continuing his account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Padmaka-tīrtha (within Prabhāsa) and Lavanāmbhas (sea)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, having fasted, approaches Padmaka Tīrtha—lotus-filled waters—then proceeds to the seashore for a second bath in salty waves; attendants hold simple cloth and water pot; dawn light over the coast.

Characters & Entities

• Padmaka Tīrtha
• Sea (lavaṇāmbhas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even hardship (lack of food) can become vrata-supporting discipline, and tīrtha-snānā is presented as purifying and meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Padmaka Tīrtha within the Prabhāsa sacred region, along with the purifying sea-bath.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and snāna (bathing) at Padmaka Tīrtha and in the sea.