Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

इत्येवमादिसर्वेषु मध्येऽन्यत्र न कर्मणि । यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं तव तोयस्य स्पर्शादेव भविष्यति

Transliteration

ityevamādisarveṣu madhye'nyatra na karmaṇi | yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ tava toyasya sparśādeva bhaviṣyati

Translation

如是，在一切此类圣行之中，别无他业可比：在诸圣渡所得之功德、在诸祭祀所得之功德——同一果报，唯由触及你的水而生。

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• evam: in this manner
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘in this way’)

• ādi: and the like
• ādi: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन; (समासपूर्वपद-भाव: ‘etc.’) विशेषण

• sarveṣu: in all
• sarveṣu: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (with ādi)

• madhye: in the midst
• madhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/विषयवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘elsewhere/otherwise’)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• karmaṇi: in (ritual) action
• karmaṇi: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; (विषय/अधिकरण)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Relative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• phalam: fruit; result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvatīrtheṣu: in all sacred places
• sarvatīrtheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि तीर्थाणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• sarvayajñeṣu: in all sacrifices
• sarvayajñeṣu: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वे यज्ञाः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Relative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Correlative/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tava: of your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• toyasya: water
• toyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• sparśāt: from (the) touch
• sparśāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• eva: alone; indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator framing the dialogue; the praise is voiced as a boon/assurance to Sāgara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa sacred waters (toya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee touches shimmering sacred water; above the water appear symbolic visions of many tirthas and yajña fires—like a cosmic montage—indicating ‘all rites contained in one touch.’

Characters & Entities

• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Sarva-tīrtha
• Sarva-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a great tīrtha, simple contact with sacred water can confer vast merit, surpassing complex ritualism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra—especially the sacred sea associated with Somnāth/Soma-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sparśa (touch) of the sacred water is itself presented as a merit-giving act.