Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तस्य देहं समादाय महान्तं शंखरूपिणम् । तीर्थोदकेन संपूर्य प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागतः

Transliteration

tasya dehaṃ samādāya mahāntaṃ śaṃkharūpiṇam | tīrthodakena saṃpūrya prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ

Translation

เขายกกายอันใหญ่โตซึ่งมีรูปเป็นสังข์ขึ้น แล้วเติมด้วยน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์จากทีรถะ จากนั้นจึงมาถึงเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งประภาสะ

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु) → समादाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया—‘समादाय’ = having taken/collected

• महान्तम्: great/huge
• महान्तम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देहम्)

• शंख-रूपिणम्: having the form of a conch
• शंख-रूपिणम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—शंखरूपः यस्य (उपपद-तत्पुरुष); विशेषणम् (देहम्)

• तीर्थ-उदकेन: with sacred water
• तीर्थ-उदकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—तीर्थस्य उदकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• संपूर्य: having filled
• संपूर्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूॄ (धातु) → संपूर्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया—‘संपूर्य’ = having filled completely

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karman (Goal as object/गत्यर्थक-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; देशनाम

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karman (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘प्रभासं क्षेत्रम्’ कर्मधारयार्थे (apposition)

• आगतः: came/arrived
• आगतः: Kriya (Main action/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः—‘(सः) आगतः’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhodaka-kuṇḍa (in formation)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (implied agent) carries the immense conch-formed body of Śaṅkha, fills it with sacred tīrtha-water, and journeys toward the radiant Prabhāsa field.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Tīrtha-udaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (kṣetra-yātrā) is sanctified through reverent handling of tīrtha-water and purposeful arrival at a renowned holy site like Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa sacred region), within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carrying a vessel (here, a conch-form) filled with tīrtha-water and approaching the sacred kṣetra as part of a devotional act.