Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अभिषेकेण कुण्डानां सप्तकृत्वो वरानने । महांति चैव पापानि क्षाल्यंते पुरुषैः सदा

Transliteration

abhiṣekeṇa kuṇḍānāṃ saptakṛtvo varānane | mahāṃti caiva pāpāni kṣālyaṃte puruṣaiḥ sadā

Translation

اے خوش رُو! مقدّس کنڈوں میں سات بار اَبھِشیک کے ساتھ اشنان کرنے سے انسانوں کے بڑے بڑے گناہ بھی ہمیشہ دھل جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• abhiṣekeṇa: by (ritual) bathing/anointing
• abhiṣekeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiṣeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• kuṇḍānām: of the pools/ponds
• kuṇḍānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• saptakṛtvaḥ: seven times
• saptakṛtvaḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saptakṛtvas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• varānane: O fair-faced lady
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-ānana (प्रातिपदिक: वर + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular); कर्मधारयः ‘वरम् आननं यस्याः’

• mahānti: great
• mahānti: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nominative plural neuter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nominative plural neuter)

• kṣālyante: are washed away
• kṣālyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣāl (धातु: क्षाल् ‘to wash’)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• puruṣaiḥ: by men/people
• puruṣaiḥ: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (instrumental plural); कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-करणभावः (agent in passive)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kuṇḍāḥ (sacred pools of Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a stone-lined kuṇḍa in Prabhāsa perform seven immersions; priests hold water-pots and darbha; Somnātha’s coastal aura is felt in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (sacred pool)
• Abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is presented as spiritually potent: repeated, reverent contact with tīrtha waters brings deep purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍas (sacred pools) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka/snāna in the kuṇḍas seven times (saptakṛtvaḥ).