Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

त्वं चापि सलिले ह्यस्मिन्कुरु स्नानं त्वरान्वितः । प्राप्स्यसि त्वं परं रूपं यथा प्राप्तं मयाऽनघ

Transliteration

tvaṃ cāpi salile hyasminkuru snānaṃ tvarānvitaḥ | prāpsyasi tvaṃ paraṃ rūpaṃ yathā prāptaṃ mayā'nagha

Translation

“ท่านเองก็จงลงอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ในสายน้ำนี้โดยเร็วเถิด โอ้ผู้ปราศจากมลทิน ท่านจักได้รูปอันประเสริฐยิ่ง ดังที่ข้าได้บรรลุแล้ว”

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = also

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-निपात (indeed/for)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• त्वरा: with haste
• त्वरा: Sahakari/Instrument (Manner/means—‘with haste’/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अन्वितः: hastened
• अन्वितः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि-इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (tvarānvitaḥ = endowed with haste)

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (emphatic)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकार (as/just as)

• प्राप्तम्: obtained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma (Predicate to implied object/कर्म-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(रूपं) प्राप्तम्’ understood

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Agent (By me/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘अनघ’ = sinless

Speaker

Strī (the devoted wife)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (jalāśaya/niḥjhara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (within internal narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The radiant wife instructs her husband to bathe immediately in the sacred water; she gestures toward the shimmering pool/spring, conveying urgency and assurance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful performance of tīrtha-snānā is portrayed as a direct means to inner and outer spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same potent waters (salila) of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha, celebrated for granting a superior state.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna—bathing in the sacred water—recommended promptly and with intent.