Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अद्यापि मनुजास्तत्र बुधाष्टम्यां नराधिप । स्नानं ये प्रकरिष्यंति तिर्यक्त्वं न व्रजंति ते

Transliteration

adyāpi manujāstatra budhāṣṭamyāṃ narādhipa | snānaṃ ye prakariṣyaṃti tiryaktvaṃ na vrajaṃti te

Translation

وحتى اليوم، يا سيد البشر، فإن من يقوم بالاغتسال الطقسي هناك في يوم بُدهاشْتَمي (اليوم القمري الثامن إذا وافق يوم الأربعاء) لا يسقط إلى ولادةٍ حيوانية.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); कालार्थक (today/now)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• मनुजाः: people
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); देशार्थक (there)

• बुधाष्टम्याम्: on Budhāṣṭamī (8th lunar day on Wednesday)
• बुधाष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘बुधे (वार/देवता) अष्टमी’ (on Budhāṣṭamī)

• नराधिप: O ruler of men
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘नराणाम् अधिपः’

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• प्रकरिष्यन्ति: will perform
• प्रकरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कर् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तिर्यक्त्वम्: animal state (subhuman birth)
• तिर्यक्त्वम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिर्यक्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• व्रजन्ति: go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Paulastya (deduced from immediate continuation into Adhyāya 29 where Paulastya speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Manuṣya Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on Budhāṣṭamī bathe in the tīrtha with folded hands; subtle presence of Budha (Mercury) as a green-hued planetary deity blessing the rite; the promise of avoiding animal rebirth symbolized by a rising human figure from shadowy forms.

Characters & Entities

• Budhāṣṭamī
• Manuṣya Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing at a sacred site on an auspicious tithi/weekday) is taught as a powerful purifier that protects one from spiritual decline and lower rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Manuṣya Tīrtha, described in Arbuda Khaṇḍa within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing snāna at the tīrtha specifically on Budhāṣṭamī (Aṣṭamī associated with Wednesday/Mercury).