Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यस्मान्मोक्षार्थिभिर्विप्रा जलेनाहं प्रसादितः । तस्मादिदं परं तीर्थं सर्वकामप्रदं परम्

Transliteration

yasmānmokṣārthibhirviprā jalenāhaṃ prasāditaḥ | tasmādidaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ param

Translation

Vì Ta đã được các vị Bà-la-môn cầu giải thoát làm cho hoan hỷ bằng chính dòng nước này—nên nơi đây là thánh địa (tīrtha) tối thượng, cao quý bậc nhất, ban mọi ước nguyện chân chính.

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because (from the fact) that
• yasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because/from which)

• mokṣārthibhiḥ: by seekers of liberation
• mokṣārthibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa-arthin (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुषः—mokṣa + arthin)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयुज्यते

• jalena: with water
• jalena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• aham: me
• aham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prasāditaḥ: propitiated/pleased
• prasāditaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-sādita (कृदन्त; √sad/√sād धातु, causative sense)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (I was pleased/propitiated)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् निपात-प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थक (therefore)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tīrtham: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sarvakāmapradam: granting all desires
• sarvakāmapradam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-kāma-prada (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुषः—sarva + kāma + prada)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• param: supreme
• param: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-tīrtha-jala (Dvārakā’s sacred water; traditionally Gomti/sāgara-tīrtha complex)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu proclaims the tīrtha’s supremacy; in the foreground, clear sacred water in a kund/ghāṭ setting, sages holding water in cupped palms (añjali) as offering; the water glows subtly, indicating divine acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tīrtha
• Vipras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely meritorious when used with mokṣa-intent and devotion; the Lord sanctifies it by accepting worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Dvārakā tīrtha explicitly sanctified by Viṣṇu due to worship performed with its waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation through sacred water—implying snāna, arghya, and water-based offerings.