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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानमेकचित्तो नरोत्तमः । सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य स प्राप्नोत्यखिलं फलम्

yastatra kurute snānamekacitto narottamaḥ | sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ phalam

Ó melhor dos homens, quem ali se banha com a mente unificada obtém por inteiro o fruto que advém do abhiṣeka em todos os tīrthas.

यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
कुरुतेdoes, performs
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
एकचित्तःsingle-minded
एकचित्तः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Agent-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (एकं चित्तं यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नरोत्तमः/यः)
नरोत्तमःthe best of men
नरोत्तमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (उत्तमः नरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्यof the bathing/ablution at all tīrthas
सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + तीर्थ + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (सर्वतीर्थेषु अभिषेकः / सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
प्राप्नोतिattains
प्राप्नोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
अखिलम्entire, complete
अखिलम्:
Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying फलम्)
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Listener: Pilgrim/audience (and by extension Devī in surrounding context)

Scene: A devoted pilgrim stands waist-deep in sacred water at dawn, hands joined, eyes lowered in concentration; faint silhouettes of many tīrthas (rivers, ghats, mountains) appear as visionary overlays around him, signifying ‘all-tīrtha abhiṣeka’ fruit.

P
Prabhāsakṣetra
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

Single-minded devotion during a sacred act multiplies its merit; inner focus completes outer ritual.

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised as equal to bathing at all tīrthas.

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with ekāgratā (one-pointed attention).