Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्नानं कृत्वा ततो देवि मंत्रराजेन संयुतम् । हरेफौ बिंदु लक्ष्मीश्च तथाऽन्यो दीर्घया सह

Transliteration

snānaṃ kṛtvā tato devi maṃtrarājena saṃyutam | harephau biṃdu lakṣmīśca tathā'nyo dīrghayā saha

Translation

ครั้นอาบน้ำชำระแล้ว โอ้เทวี พึงดำเนินด้วย ‘มนตรราช’ คือมนต์อันประกอบด้วยพยางค์ “หะ” ร่วมเรผะ (ร) มีพินทุ (นาสิก) และ “ศรี/ลักษมี” พร้อมทั้งพยางค์อื่นที่มีสระยาว ประกอบให้ถูกต้องตามแบบแผน

Word by Word

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

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (then)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन

• मंत्रराजेन: with the king of mantras
• मंत्रराजेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र-राज (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्र + राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्राणां राजा)

• संयुतम्: joined/combined
• संयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्नानम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ह-रेफौ: ‘ha’ and ‘ra’ (letters)
• ह-रेफौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह (प्रातिपदिक/वर्ण) + रेफ (प्रातिपदिक/वर्ण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; वर्णद्वन्द्वः (हकारः च रेफः च)

• बिंदुः: bindu (nasal dot)
• बिंदुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिंदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī / ‘śrī’ element
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्णार्थे ‘लक्ष्मी’ = श्री-कार (श्रीं/श्री) इत्यर्थे

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (likewise/also)

• अन्यः: another (letter/element)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दीर्घया: with the long vowel (dīrghā-mātrā)
• दीर्घया: Sahartha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घा (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन; स्वरमात्रा-विशेषः (long vowel sign)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; vocative 'devi' indicates instruction addressed to the Goddess/listener in-frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred waters, a pilgrim completes snāna; a teacher-like figure indicates the mantra’s syllabic components (ha, ra, bindu, śrī, dīrgha) as luminous akṣaras hovering above a water-lotus; the sea-breeze and Somnātha’s sacred aura pervade the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mantrarāja
• Repha (r)
• Bindu (anusvāra)
• Lakṣmī (Śrī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After purification, mantra becomes the refined vehicle of devotion—sound is treated as a precise sacred technology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, continuing the prescribed sequence of snāna and mantra for Sūrya-oriented rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After bathing, employ the mantrarāja, described through its phonetic components (ha, repha, bindu, śrī, and a long-vowel element).