Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पिबन्त्या रुचिरं पानं प्राणिनां पापहारिणी । यस्या रूपे वसेल्लक्ष्मीः स्कन्धे सागरसंभवा

Transliteration

pibantyā ruciraṃ pānaṃ prāṇināṃ pāpahāriṇī | yasyā rūpe vasellakṣmīḥ skandhe sāgarasaṃbhavā

Translation

เมื่อดื่มน้ำอันรื่นรมย์ของนาง นางย่อมขจัดบาปของสรรพชีวิต ในรูปของนางมีพระลักษมีสถิต และบนบ่าของนางมีเทวีผู้กำเนิดจากมหาสมุทรประทับอยู่

Word by Word

• पिबन्त्या: by (her) drinking / while drinking
• पिबन्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present active participle) ‘पिबन्ती’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• रुचिरम्: pleasant
• रुचिरम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पानम्: drink/draught
• पानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पापहारिणी: remover of sins
• पापहारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पाप + हारिणी (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘sin-removing’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• रूपे: in (her) form
• रूपे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• वसेत्: may dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakshmi
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्कन्धे: on (her) shoulder/trunk
• स्कन्धे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सागरसंभवा: born from the ocean
• सागरसंभवा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर-सम्भवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सागर + सम्भवा (पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ocean-born’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Vāṇī (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives Tulasī-water as prasāda; luminous Lakṣmī is subtly seen residing within the plant’s form; an ocean-born goddess motif (pearls, waves) rests upon Tulasī’s ‘shoulder’ as symbolic ornament; sins dissolve like dark ink in clear water.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Lakṣmī (Śrī)
• Sāgara-sambhavā (ocean-born goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred plants embody divine grace; honoring Tulasī through respectful use is framed as both purifying and Lakṣmī-bestowing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single location is specified; the māhātmya universalizes sanctity through Tulasī in daily life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Taking (drinking) Tulasī-related pāna in a reverent manner is praised as sin-removing.