Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इमं मे गंगेति यत्प्रोक्तमनेनापि च भामिनि । समुद्रज्येति मन्त्रेण क्षालयेद्विधिवद्रविम्

Transliteration

imaṃ me gaṃgeti yatproktamanenāpi ca bhāmini | samudrajyeti mantreṇa kṣālayedvidhivadravim

Translation

اے حسین بانو! ‘اِمَم مے گنگے…’ کے بتائے ہوئے منتر سے، اور منتر ‘سمُدرجْیے…’ کے ساتھ قاعدے کے مطابق روی (سورج) کو دھو کر پاک کرے۔

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object within quoted mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक (enclitic)

• गङ्गेति: “O Gaṅgā” (as the mantra)
• गङ्गेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गङ्गे (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम्; गङ्गे = सम्बोधन-एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• प्रोक्तम्: said
• प्रोक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of यत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this (mantra)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अप्यर्थे ‘also/even’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• भामिनि: O lovely lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुद्रज्येति: “samudrajye” (as the mantra)
• समुद्रज्येति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समुद्रज्ये (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम्

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्षालयेत्: should wash
• क्षालयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षल् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb), ‘according to rule’

• रविम्: the Sun (image/deity)
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-smṛti within coastal rite)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed) bhāminī / devī (female interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest performs a careful rinsing (kṣālana) of the Sūrya image, holding a vessel while chanting Gaṅgā-invocation; symbolic Gaṅgā stream and ocean waves appear as divine presences around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Gaṅgā
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity in worship is maintained through prescribed cleansing acts performed with sacred speech (mantra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, connected with sanctifying waters and disciplined ritual performance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kṣālana (ritual rinsing/cleansing) of Ravi’s form using ‘imaṃ me gaṅge…’ and ‘samudrajye…’ mantras.