Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

स्नानेन ऋषयो देवास्तुष्टिं यांति महोरगाः । नाशः संजायते सद्यः पापस्य पृथिवीपते

Transliteration

snānena ṛṣayo devāstuṣṭiṃ yāṃti mahoragāḥ | nāśaḥ saṃjāyate sadyaḥ pāpasya pṛthivīpate

Translation

وہاں غسل کرنے سے رِشی، دیوتا اور عظیم ناگ خوش ہوتے ہیں؛ اور اے زمین کے مالک، گناہ کا فوراً نِستار ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• snānena: by bathing
• snānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tuṣṭim: pleasure; satisfaction
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yānti: attain
• yānti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• mahā-uragāḥ: great serpents
• mahā-uragāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + uraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘महान्’ + ‘उरग’ (serpent); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• nāśaḥ: destruction
• nāśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃjāyate: arises; occurs
• saṃjāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — immediately

• pāpasya: of sin
• pāpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• pṛthivīpate: O lord of the earth (king)
• pṛthivīpate: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘पृथिवी’ + ‘पति’; पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakhala-tīrtha (as chapter context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa/pṛthivīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at a sanctified ford; subtle presence of Ṛṣis in meditation, Devas in the sky, and Nāgas in the waters, all showing satisfaction as a dark aura of sin dissolves.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Devas
• Nāgas (great serpents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā is portrayed as a swift purifier: it pleases higher beings and removes sin without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakhala-tīrtha, where bathing is said to yield immediate pāpa-nāśa (sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha for purification and spiritual merit.