Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अतोऽहं नरतां प्राप्तो नान्यदस्तीह कारणम् । ततस्तत्सलिलं भूयः प्रविष्टं धरणीतले

Transliteration

ato'haṃ naratāṃ prāpto nānyadastīha kāraṇam | tatastatsalilaṃ bhūyaḥ praviṣṭaṃ dharaṇītale

Translation

“Vì thế ta đã đạt thân người—ở đây không có nguyên nhân nào khác.” Rồi dòng nước ấy lại một lần nữa thấm nhập vào lòng đất.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक अव्यय — causal adverb ‘therefore/from this’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, Nominative singular

• नरताम्: manhood / human state
• नरताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative singular

• प्राप्तः: obtained / attained
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP; Masculine, Nominative singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation particle

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative singular

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 3rd person singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — adverb of place

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative singular (predicate noun)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय — adverb ‘then/from there’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सलिलम्) — Neuter, Accusative singular; demonstrative adjective

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय — adverb ‘again/further’

• प्रविष्टम्: entered
• प्रविष्टम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — PPP; Neuter singular (agreeing with ‘salilam’)

• धरणीतले: on/in the surface of the earth
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धरण्याः तलम्) — Neuter, Locative singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating; includes quoted speech of the transformed being)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṃkāra-kūpa / miraculous well at Prabhāsa (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred well’s water mysteriously withdraws into the earth as a being declares the cause of attaining human status; the landscape suggests coastal Prabhāsa with shrines in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Sacred water (salila)
• Earth (dharaṇī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual uplift is causally tied to sacred contact and grace; tīrtha miracles appear and withdraw, emphasizing reverence over possession.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The huṃkāra-manifested sacred water site near the Devikā riverbank in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse underscores karmic causality and the transient manifestation of sacred waters.