Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम् । मामुह्रदमिति ख्यातं तस्मिन्पर्वतरोधसि

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | māmuhradamiti khyātaṃ tasminparvatarodhasi

Translation

Pulastya nói: Bấy giờ, hỡi bậc vua tối thượng, nên đến thánh địa tẩy trừ tội lỗi, được gọi là Māmuhṛda, nằm nơi ấy giữa vùng núi non hiểm trở.

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable: then/thereafter)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धा॒तु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-सदृश), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; विध्यर्थः (Imperative/optative-like injunction, 3rd person singular)

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—नृपश्रेष्ठ (best of kings) (Masculine, Vocative, Singular; karmadhāraya)

• tīrtham: to a sacred ford/place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• pāpapraṇāśanam: sin-destroying
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—पापप्रणाशन (destroyer of sins); विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; tatpuruṣa adjective qualifying tīrtham)

• māmuhradam: Māmuhrada (the lake)
• māmuhradam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māmu + hrada (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—मामु-ह्रद (name of a lake) (Masculine, Accusative, Singular; tatpuruṣa/proper-name compound)

• iti: thus/called
• iti: Quotation marker (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचकः (quotative particle)

• khyātam: known as
• khyātam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (ख्या धा॒तु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि-विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom./Acc. Singular; past passive participle: 'known')

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative Singular; pronoun)

• parvatarodhasi: on the mountain slope/bank
• parvatarodhasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata + rodhas (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—पर्वतरोधस् (mountain-bank/side) (Neuter, Locative, Singular; tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhṛda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings; royal interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya, the sage-narrator, points out a secluded mountain-encircled sacred lake named Māmuhṛda to a king, indicating the next step of the pilgrimage route.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Māmuhṛda Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as a dharmic journey: moving from tīrtha to tīrtha is itself a path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māmuhṛda (Māmuhrada) Tīrtha, described as a pāpa-praṇāśana (destroyer of sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to proceed (gacchet) to the tīrtha as part of the prescribed pilgrimage route.