Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
ततः स्नातुं प्रविष्टा च सागरे लवणांभसि । हता कल्लोलमालाभिर्विह्वलत्वमुपागता
Transliteration
tataḥ snātuṃ praviṣṭā ca sāgare lavaṇāṃbhasi | hatā kallolamālābhirvihvalatvamupāgatā
Translation
随后她为沐浴而入于咸海之中；被一重又一重的浪涛击打，心神惶乱，几近不支。
Word by Word
ततःthen / thereafter
ततः:
Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
Formअव्यय (adverb): thereafter/from there
स्नातुम्to bathe
स्नातुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formतुमुन् (infinitive), अव्यय; (to bathe)
प्रविष्टाentered
प्रविष्टा:
Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश् (धातु)
Formक्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (having entered)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)
सागरेin the sea
सागरे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन
लवणाम्भसिin salty water
लवणाम्भसि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलवण-अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: लवण (salty) + अम्भस् (water)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (in salty water)
हताstruck / overwhelmed
हता:
Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formक्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (struck/overwhelmed)
कल्लोलमालाभिःby wave-rows
कल्लोलमालाभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्लोल-माला (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: कल्लोल (wave) + माला (garland/series)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (by series of waves)
विह्वलत्वम्bewilderment
विह्वलत्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविह्वल-त्व (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: विह्वल (confused) + त्व (भावप्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state of bewilderment)
उपागताattained / came to
उपागता:
Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (having reached/attained)
Speaker
Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara-snānā (sea-bath at Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Rājñī (queen)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A woman wades into the churning salt sea for ritual bathing; foaming waves rise in layered arcs, pushing her off balance as she struggles to keep composure.
Characters & Entities
O
Ocean (sāgara)P
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)FAQs
Tīrtha practices may involve hardship, yet perseverance in sacred acts like snāna is part of the purifying journey.
The sea-bathing connected with Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region).
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the ocean (lavaṇāmbhas).