Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तत्रांते सुमहत्कुडं तीर्थं स्वच्छोदपूरितम् । यः स्नानमाचरेत्तत्र मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tatrāṃte sumahatkuḍaṃ tīrthaṃ svacchodapūritam | yaḥ snānamācarettatra mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

அங்கே இறுதிப்புறத்தில் தெளிந்த நீரால் நிரம்பிய மிகப் பெரிய தீர்த்தக் குளம் உள்ளது. அங்கே நீராடுபவன் எல்லாப் பாவங்களிலிருந்தும் விடுபடுவான்।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (at the end)

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (कुडम्)

• कुडम्: a pond/reservoir
• कुडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (apposition with 'तीर्थम्')

• तीर्थम्: a sacred bathing place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (in apposition)

• स्वच्छोदपूरितम्: filled with clear water
• स्वच्छोदपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वच्छ+उद+पूरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (पूरित); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्/कुडम्); समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वच्छेन उदकेन पूरितम्)

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); Present passive, 3rd person singular

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व+पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (ablatival sense 'from'); समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Mahā-kuṇḍa at Prabhāsa (as described)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the dialogue frame of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large stone-lined sacred pool filled with crystal-clear water; pilgrims descend steps with folded hands; sunlight glints on ripples; priests chant on the bank; the sea-breeze carries salt and incense.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purificatory pilgrimage bathing (snāna) at a tīrtha is praised as a direct means for pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A great sacred pool (sumahat-kuḍa) situated within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna—performing a ritual bath in the tīrtha’s clear waters.