Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि ये क्षिपन्ति सरोवरे । प्रेतत्वं ते समासाद्य विचरंति च मानवाः

Transliteration

śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi ye kṣipanti sarovare | pretatvaṃ te samāsādya vicaraṃti ca mānavāḥ

Translation

جو لوگ مقدس تالاب میں بلغم، پیشاب یا پاخانہ پھینکتے ہیں، وہ پریت کی حالت کو پہنچ کر اس کے بعد بھٹکتے رہتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि: phlegm, urine, and feces
• श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मन् + मूत्र + पुरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (श्लेष्म च मूत्रं च पुरीषं च)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• क्षिपन्ति: throw
• क्षिपन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सरोवरे: in a lake
• सरोवरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरोवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रेतत्वम्: preta-hood
• प्रेतत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• समासाद्य: having attained
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having attained)

• विचरन्ति: wander
• विचरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• मानवाः: humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Preta(s) (as narrators/instructors within the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred lake with steps and pilgrims; one offender pollutes the water, while divine guardians and preta-shadows appear, contrasting purity and defilement.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Sarovara (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha must be protected from pollution; disrespecting sacred waters is treated as grave adharma with severe post-death consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its sacred sarovaras (lakes/ponds) within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A negative injunction: do not defile sacred water-bodies by discarding bodily waste into them.