Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थानां स्पर्शने विधिम् । मन्त्रेण मंत्रितं तीर्थं भवेत्संनिहितं तथा

Transliteration

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi tīrthānāṃ sparśane vidhim | mantreṇa maṃtritaṃ tīrthaṃ bhavetsaṃnihitaṃ tathā

Translation

Agora explicarei o método correto de tocar (invocar) os tīrtha, os vados sagrados. Um tīrtha, consagrado pelo mantra, torna-se verdadeiramente presente ali também.

Word by Word

• अथ: now; then
• अथ: Discourse marker (Nipata)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक निपात (then/now)

• अतः: thereafter
• अतः: Discourse marker (Nipata)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थ (thereafter/from this)

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; “I shall explain”

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred fords
• तीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the tīrthas)

• स्पर्शने: in (the act of) touching
• स्पर्शने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विषय/अधिकरण—“in/with regard to touching”

• विधिम्: the procedure
• विधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (वक्ष्यामि इत्यस्य)

• मन्त्रेण: by a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण—“by/with a mantra”

• मंत्रितम्: consecrated
• मंत्रितम्: Visheshana (Adjective of तीर्थम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मंत्रित (कृदन्त; √मन्त्र् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; “consecrated/enchanted”

• तीर्थम्: the tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम् (भवेत् इत्यस्य)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; “would become”

• संनिहितम्: made present
• संनिहितम्: Visheshana (Adjective of तीर्थम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिहित (कृदन्त; सम्-नि-√धा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; “present/placed near; made manifest”

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Manner (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण—“thus/so”

Speaker

Śiva (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, speaking to Devī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrthas (general vidhi for all tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands at a sacred water-edge, hands in añjali, invoking the tīrtha with mantra; the water is shown as subtly luminous, indicating ‘saṃnidhāna’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual presence is established through mantra: sacred geography becomes experientially ‘present’ when properly invoked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrthas of Prabhāsa Kṣetra collectively, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A rule for tīrtha-sparśa: consecrate/invoke the tīrtha with mantra so it becomes saṃnihita (present) for the rite.