Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यस्मान्मोक्षार्थिभिर्विप्रा जलेनाहं प्रसादितः । तस्मादिदं परं तीर्थं सर्वकामप्रदं परम्

Transliteration

yasmānmokṣārthibhirviprā jalenāhaṃ prasāditaḥ | tasmādidaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ param

Translation

“เพราะพวกท่านพราหมณ์ผู้ใฝ่โมกษะได้บูชาจนเราพอพระทัยด้วยสายน้ำนี้ ฉะนั้นที่นี่จึงเป็นทีรถะอันสูงสุด ประเสริฐยิ่ง และประทานความปรารถนาอันควรทั้งปวง”

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because (from the fact) that
• yasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because/from which)

• mokṣārthibhiḥ: by seekers of liberation
• mokṣārthibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa-arthin (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुषः—mokṣa + arthin)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयुज्यते

• jalena: with water
• jalena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• aham: me
• aham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prasāditaḥ: propitiated/pleased
• prasāditaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-sādita (कृदन्त; √sad/√sād धातु, causative sense)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (I was pleased/propitiated)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् निपात-प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थक (therefore)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tīrtham: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sarvakāmapradam: granting all desires
• sarvakāmapradam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-kāma-prada (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुषः—sarva + kāma + prada)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• param: supreme
• param: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-tīrtha-jala (Dvārakā’s sacred water; traditionally Gomti/sāgara-tīrtha complex)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu proclaims the tīrtha’s supremacy; in the foreground, clear sacred water in a kund/ghāṭ setting, sages holding water in cupped palms (añjali) as offering; the water glows subtly, indicating divine acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tīrtha
• Vipras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely meritorious when used with mokṣa-intent and devotion; the Lord sanctifies it by accepting worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Dvārakā tīrtha explicitly sanctified by Viṣṇu due to worship performed with its waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation through sacred water—implying snāna, arghya, and water-based offerings.