Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यन्मां वदसि घृणया वृतोऽहं पातकेन तु । तत्तेऽहं नाशयिष्यामि स्पर्शनात्तु द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

yanmāṃ vadasi ghṛṇayā vṛto'haṃ pātakena tu | tatte'haṃ nāśayiṣyāmi sparśanāttu dvijottama

Translation

เพราะเจ้ากล่าวด้วยความรังเกียจว่าเราถูกล้อมด้วยมลทินและบาป โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ ด้วยเพียงการสัมผัสของเรา เราจักทำลายบาปนั้นของเจ้า

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object of vadasi: 'that which')
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (correlative)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वदसि: you say; you speak
• वदसि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• घृणया: with compassion; out of pity
• घृणया: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• वृतः: covered; enveloped
• वृतः: Karta (Predicate of अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पातकेन: by sin
• पातकेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object of nāśayiṣyāmi: 'that')
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular) — enclitic 'te'

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाशयिष्यामि: I shall destroy; I shall remove
• नाशयिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense possible: 'cause to perish/destroy')

• स्पर्शनात्: from touch; by touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source; 'from/by (mere) touch')
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक निपात

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('श्रेष्ठः द्विजानाम्')

Speaker

A sacred presence of Jalaprabhāsa (tīrtha/devatā speaking in the māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalāśraya (kunda) in Prabhāsa episode

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity addresses the brāhmaṇa with a compassionate yet corrective gaze, extending a hand or indicating ‘touch’ as the means of destroying sin; the water glows as if charged with mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Jalaprabhāsa
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha’s sanctity is transformative: it removes sin and inner defilement rather than being diminished by them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jalaprabhāsa, a sacred water-associated tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes purification by “sparśa” (touch/contact) with the sacred presence of the tīrtha.