Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्वयंभूते महातीर्थे स्वभावे च महत्तरे । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे प्रतिगृह्य कृताः सर्वे प्रतिग्रहाः

Transliteration

svayaṃbhūte mahātīrthe svabhāve ca mahattare | tasmiṃstīrthe pratigṛhya kṛtāḥ sarve pratigrahāḥ

Translation

Nesse Mahā-Tīrtha auto-manifesto—por natureza supremamente elevado—quaisquer atos de aceitar dádivas (pratigraha) ali realizados são tidos como “aceitações” plenas, com toda a sua consequência.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्-भूते: in the self-manifested (tīrtha)
• स्वयम्-भूते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय) + भूत (कृदन्त; √भू (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावसमासः

• महा-तीर्थे: in the great tīrtha
• महा-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महच्च तत् तीर्थम्)

• स्वभावे: in (its) own nature
• स्वभावे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• महत्तरे: in the greater (state)
• महत्तरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्तर (प्रातिपदिक; महत्-तरा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तर-प्रत्यय (comparative: 'greater')

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• प्रतिगृह्य: having accepted
• प्रतिगृह्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु) उपसर्गः प्रति
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• कृताः: are done/made
• कृताः: Kriya (Elliptic predicate/क्रिया-लोपे विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• प्रतिग्रहाः: acceptances of gifts
• प्रतिग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; √ग्रह् (धातु) उपसर्गः प्रति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Svayaṃbhū Mahātīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands before a radiant sacred ford; above, a symbolic balance/scale of karma glows, indicating that even subtle acts of accepting gifts are registered fully; sages warn a householder carrying a bundle of offerings.

Characters & Entities

• svayaṃbhūta mahātīrtha
• pratigrāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At supremely sacred places, actions—especially accepting gifts—carry intensified moral and karmic weight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The self-manifest Mahātīrtha identified in context as Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An ethical rule is implied: be cautious with pratigrāha (receiving gifts) at Prabhāsa due to heightened consequence.