Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा तत्रैव विधिवच्छृंगेशं पूजयेन्नरः । मुक्तः स्यात्पातकैः सर्वैरृष्यशृंगो यथा पुरा

Transliteration

snātvā tatraiva vidhivacchṛṃgeśaṃ pūjayennaraḥ | muktaḥ syātpātakaiḥ sarvairṛṣyaśṛṃgo yathā purā

Translation

وہیں باقاعدہ طریقے سے اشنان کرکے انسان شرِنگیش کی پوجا کرے۔ وہ تمام پاپوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے—جیسے قدیم زمانے میں رِشیہ شرِنگ ہوا تھا۔

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb) = 'according to rule'

• शृंगेशम्: Śṛṅgeśa
• शृंगेशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंगेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: शृङ्गस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; मुच्-धातुज कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण नरः प्रति

• स्यात्: would be/should become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/source; 'from sins')
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण पातकैः प्रति

• ऋष्यशृंगः: Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• ऋष्यशृंगः: Upamana (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्यशृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/उपमान), एकवचन; समास: ऋष्यस्य शृङ्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), नाम

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Upamana-dyotaka (Comparator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative particle)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śṛṅgeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim at a sacred water-spot near Śṛṅgeśvara performs snāna, then approaches the liṅga with bilva leaves; a side vignette shows Ṛṣyaśṛṅga as a serene rishi, symbolizing purification.

Characters & Entities

• Śṛṅgeśa (Śiva)
• Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is linked to disciplined ritual—bathing and worship performed ‘vidhivat’ (properly) at a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śṛṅgeśvara/Śṛṅgeśa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the site and vidhivat pūjā (proper worship) of Śṛṅgeśa.