Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अद्यापि हुंकृते तस्मिन्सलिलौघः प्रवर्तते । तत्र गत्वा नरो भक्त्या अपि पापरतोऽपि यः

Transliteration

adyāpi huṃkṛte tasminsalilaughaḥ pravartate | tatra gatvā naro bhaktyā api pāparato'pi yaḥ

Translation

آج بھی جب وہاں وہ مقدس “ہُوں” کہا جاتا ہے تو پانی کا بہاؤ جاری ہو جاتا ہے۔ جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ وہاں جاتا ہے—اگرچہ گناہوں میں مبتلا ہو—

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• हुंकृते: in/at the place of the ‘huṃ’-utterance (the huṃkāra)
• हुंकृते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + हुं- (उपसर्ग/ध्वन्यनुकरण))
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular, neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used substantively)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular, masc/neut)

• सलिलौघः: a flood/stream of water
• सलिलौघः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (salilasya oghaḥ)

• प्रवर्तते: flows; proceeds
• प्रवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present indicative, 3rd sg, Ātmanepada)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund: having gone)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Instrumental singular, feminine)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• पापरतः: devoted to sin; sinful-minded
• पापरतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (कृदन्त; √रम् (धातु), क्त)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); तत्पुरुष (pāpe rataḥ)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṃkāra-tīrtha / Huṃkāra-kūpa (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crowd gathers as a devotee utters ‘huṃ’; a sudden torrent rises/flows from the well, washing feet and symbolically cleansing dark stains from the heart.

Characters & Entities

• huṃkāra
• salilaugha (flow of water)
• bhakti
• pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace is active in the present; devotion opens purification even for those burdened by sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The huṃkāra-associated water-source (well/flow) within Prabhāsakṣetra whose waters still surge forth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going to the site with bhakti is emphasized; the verse highlights the continuing manifestation of sacred water.