Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

जलप्रभासनामास्य ततो जातं धरातले । तस्यालं स्पर्शनाद्देवि शिवलोकं व्रजेन्नरः

Transliteration

jalaprabhāsanāmāsya tato jātaṃ dharātale | tasyālaṃ sparśanāddevi śivalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ

Translation

اسی سے زمین پر ‘جَل پرَبھاس’ نامی تیرتھ ظاہر ہوا۔ اے دیوی، محض اس کے لمس سے انسان شِولोक کو پہنچ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• जलप्रभासनाम: (it) named Jalaprabhāsa
• जलप्रभासनाम: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + प्रभास + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• आस: was
• आस: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• य: which
• य: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• ततः: thereafter, from that
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (from there/thereafter)

• जातम्: born, arisen
• जातम्: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative 7th), एकवचन (singular)

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (genitive 6th), एकवचन (singular)

• अलम्: enough; sufficiently
• अलम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पर्याप्त्यर्थक (enough/sufficient), here intensifier with instrumental

• स्पर्शनात्: from (its) touch; by touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (ablative 5th), एकवचन (singular)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative 8th), एकवचन (singular)

• शिवलोकम्: to Śiva's world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• व्रजेत्: would go / may go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative 1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice addressing Devī (as listener) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaprabhāsa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous water-tīrtha named Jalaprabhāsa manifests upon the earth; pilgrims reverently touch the water as a subtle radiance rises toward Śiva’s realm, while Devī is addressed in the narration.

Characters & Entities

• Jalaprabhāsa
• Devī
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a sanctified place (tīrtha-sparśa) is presented as a direct means to Śaiva liberation-oriented merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jalaprabhāsa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sparśana—touching/coming into contact with the tīrtha as a merit-producing act.