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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । हंत ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि आद्यं तीर्थं महाप्रभम् । पूर्वं यत्र नरैः स्नानं क्रियते तच्छृषुष्व मे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | haṃta te saṃpravakṣyāmi ādyaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham | pūrvaṃ yatra naraiḥ snānaṃ kriyate tacchṛṣuṣva me

Translation

พระอีศวรตรัสว่า: “ดีแล้ว เราจักบอกแก่เธอถึงตีรถะแรกอันรุ่งเรืองยิ่ง ที่ซึ่งผู้คนทำสนานะเป็นปฐม จงสดับคำของเราเถิด”

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Speaker/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
हन्तcome; well then
हन्त:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहन्त (अव्यय)
Formसम्बोधन/आश्चर्यसूचक-अव्यय (interjection: well!/come!)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna (Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (enclitic)
संप्रवक्ष्यामिI shall explain fully
संप्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + प्र + वच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
आद्यम्first; primary
आद्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootआद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तीर्थम् इति विशेषणम्
तीर्थम्tīrtha
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महाप्रभम्very splendid; greatly radiant
महाप्रभम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of tīrtham)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great + splendid)
पूर्वम्first
पूर्वम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: first)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)
नरैःby men
नरैः:
Karaṇa/Agent (Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karta (Subject in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
क्रियतेis done
क्रियते:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
मेof me; to my (words)
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (enclitic)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: First tīrtha of Prabhāsa (to be named next)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva begins a formal teaching: hand raised in instruction (vyākhyāna-mudrā), Devī listening; a symbolic map-like vista of coastal tīrthas suggested behind them.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
P
Prabhāsa-kṣetra
T
tīrtha

FAQs

Right practice begins with right listening: spiritual merit is enhanced when rituals follow revealed guidance.

The ‘ādya tīrtha’ (first tīrtha) of Prabhāsa is introduced; its name is given in the following verses.

Perform the first bath at the designated foremost tīrtha upon arriving at Prabhāsa, as Śiva now instructs.

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