Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानेन देवेशि सर्वतीर्थाभिषेचनम्

Transliteration

tatra snānena deveśi sarvatīrthābhiṣecanam

Translation

โอ้เทวีผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งเหล่าเทพ การอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมได้ผลเสมือนการชำระด้วยน้ำในบรรดาตีรถะทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• देवेशि: O lady of the lord of gods / O Deveśī
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेचनम्: (it is) the bathing/ablution of all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेचनम्: Karta (Predicative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिषेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अभिषेचनम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnakuṇḍa (in Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (devēśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims entering a sacred pond at dawn; Śiva’s words appear as a blessing; the waters shimmer with miniature icons of many famous tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Prayāga) symbolically contained within one kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Sarva-tīrtha (all tīrthas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single act of reverent bathing in a supremely praised tīrtha can confer comprehensive purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place within Prabhāsa-kṣetra described in the Ratneśvara context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at that location, praised as equivalent to the ablution of all tīrthas.