Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ते धन्यास्ते नमस्कार्यास्तेषां स्फीततरं यशः । येषां कलेवरं नॄणां सिक्तं सारस्वतैर्जलैः

Transliteration

te dhanyāste namaskāryāsteṣāṃ sphītataraṃ yaśaḥ | yeṣāṃ kalevaraṃ nṝṇāṃ siktaṃ sārasvatairjalaiḥ

Translation

وہ مبارک ہیں، وہ سجدۂ تعظیم کے لائق ہیں؛ اُن کی شہرت اور بھی بڑھتی جاتی ہے—جن انسانوں کے بدن سرسوتی کے پانی سے تر ہو کر پاکیزہ ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• dhanyāḥ: blessed
• dhanyāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• namaskāryāḥ: worthy of salutation
• namaskāryāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namaskārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); साध्य/अर्हार्थक (worthy of)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• sphītataraṃ: more abundant; greater
• sphītataraṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphīta-tara (प्रातिपदिक; तर-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (sing.); तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• yaśaḥ: fame
• yaśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (sing.)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural), सर्वनाम

• kalevaram: body
• kalevaram: Karma (Object of 'siktaṃ'/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (sing.)

• nṝṇām: of men
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masc.), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• siktam: sprinkled; wetted
• siktam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sikta (कृदन्त; √sic धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (sing.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• sārasvataiḥ: Sarasvatī-related
• sārasvataiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jalaiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• jalaiḥ: with waters
• jalaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neut.), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-jala (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerging from the Sarasvatī-tīrtha with wet hair and folded hands; elders and priests offering respectful salutations; a sense of radiance around the bathed bodies, symbolizing sanctification and fame.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with sacred waters transforms one’s life into a vessel of merit and honor, reflecting the tīrtha’s sanctifying power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sarasvatī-jala-sparśa/snānā—being washed or sprinkled with Sarasvatī waters.