Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र मे वृषभः स्नातुं प्रविष्टो जलमध्यतः । तत्क्षणाच्छ्वेतता प्राप्तो मुक्तोहमपि हत्यया

Transliteration

tatra me vṛṣabhaḥ snātuṃ praviṣṭo jalamadhyataḥ | tatkṣaṇācchvetatā prāpto muktohamapi hatyayā

Translation

ที่นั่น โคพฤษภของเราได้ลงสู่กลางสายน้ำเพื่ออาบชำระ ในขณะนั้นเองมันกลับขาวผ่องดังเดิม—และเราก็พ้นจากบาปแห่งพรหมหัตยาเช่นกัน

Word by Word

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

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• वृषभः: bull
• वृषभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक (purpose)

• प्रविष्टः: entered
• प्रविष्टः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• जलमध्यतः: from the middle of the water
• जलमध्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जलस्य मध्यः); पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th) एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः 'from the middle of water'

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Point of time 'from'/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (तस्मिन् क्षणे); पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• श्वेतता: whiteness
• श्वेतता: Karma (Result-state as object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्राप्तः: attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• हत्यया: by (the sin of) killing
• हत्यया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; हेतु/साधनार्थे (by/from the sin of killing)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (snāna waters within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame audience in Prabhāsa-māhātmya (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandin steps into the sacred waters and instantly turns white; simultaneously Śiva’s burden of brahmahatyā lifts—light returns, the atmosphere becomes radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabha (Nandin)
• Prabhāsa waters (tīrtha)
• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Hatyā (sin of slaying)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna in a supreme kṣetra is portrayed as immediate and transformative—externally (color/condition) and internally (release from grave sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The waters within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, connected to the Śaṇḍatīrtha narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha waters is explicitly indicated as the act that brings purification.