Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तोयेतिशुक्लत्वं गतानि बहुलां ततः । कांतिमापुश्च परमां तथा दृष्ट्वांबराणि च

Transliteration

tasmiṃstoyetiśuklatvaṃ gatāni bahulāṃ tataḥ | kāṃtimāpuśca paramāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvāṃbarāṇi ca

Translation

ในน้ำนั้นผ้าทั้งหลายกลับขาวผ่องยิ่งนัก แล้วบังเกิดรัศมีอันอุดมและสูงสุด ครั้นเห็นผ้านุ่งห่มแปรเปลี่ยนดังนั้น เขาก็ตกตะลึงพิศวง

Word by Word

• tasmin: in that (water)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• toye: in water
• toye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-निपात (quotative/marker)

• śuklatvam: whiteness
• śuklatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuklatva (प्रातिपदिक; śukla + tva)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatāni: became / turned into
• gatāni: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत् (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-भावे (used as finite: 'became/went')

• bahulām: abundant / great
• bahulām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahulā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कान्तिम्) विशेषण

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereafter/from that)

• kāṃtim: splendour
• kāṃtim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āpuḥ: attained
• āpuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार/लुङ्-रूपसदृश (here: perfect-like narrative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• paramām: supreme / highest
• paramām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paramā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कान्तिम्) विशेषण

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise/so)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ambarāṇi: garments / clothes
• ambarāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate section context; Adhyāya 24 explicitly begins with Pulastya speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed nirjhara-tīrtha of Arbuda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to 'rājendra' (kingly addressee) within the storytelling frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garments swirl in the clear pool beneath the cascade; as they emerge, they are brilliantly white, almost luminous, startling the onlooker.

Characters & Entities

• Śuklatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is shown through visible purification—outer whiteness symbolizes inner cleansing and dhārmic renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha, praised for its purifying waters and transformative spiritual potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit emphasis on contact with the tīrtha’s water (snāna/ablution), which bestows purity and radiance.