Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्यां स्नात्वा महादेवि दुर्भगा सुभगा भवेत् । लभते वाञ्छितान्कामानिति प्रोक्तं मया तव

Transliteration

tasyāṃ snātvā mahādevi durbhagā subhagā bhavet | labhate vāñchitānkāmāniti proktaṃ mayā tava

Translation

اے مہادیوی! وہاں غسل کرنے سے بدقسمت بھی خوش نصیب ہو جاتا ہے، اور من چاہی مرادیں پاتا ہے—یہ بات میں نے تم سے کہی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her/that (pond)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्भगा: an unfortunate woman
• दुर्भगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुभगा: a fortunate woman
• सुभगा: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय (predicate complement)

• भवेत्: would become; should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त/PPP as adjective)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); कामान् इति विशेषणम्

• कामान्: wishes; desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); अव्यक्त कर्तृक (impersonal)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: to you/for you; of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nidhāna-vāpī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (especially a woman seeking saubhāgya, as the verse uses durbhagā/subhagā) bathes in the step-well while attendants hold offerings; afterward she worships with lamp and flowers, her visage brightened, symbolizing fortune’s reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Snāna (ritual bathing)
• Tīrtha/Vāpī at Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān is portrayed as a dharmic means of inner and outer renewal, converting inauspiciousness into auspiciousness through sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred water-site (vāpī/tīrtha) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra referenced immediately before, praised for granting auspiciousness and desired ends.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha; the promised fruit is fortune and attainment of desired wishes.