Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यः स्नात्वा परया भक्त्या पितॄन्संतर्पयिष्यति । त्वत्प्रसादेन गोविंद विष्णुलोकं स गच्छतु

Transliteration

yaḥ snātvā parayā bhaktyā pitṝnsaṃtarpayiṣyati | tvatprasādena goviṃda viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchatu

Translation

«مَن اغتسل هنا بتعبّدٍ أسمى وأرضى الأسلافَ بالقرابين—فبفضلك يا جوفيندا، فليبلغ عالمَ فيشنو.»

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकर्म (having bathed)

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (manes)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• संतर्पयिष्यति: will satisfy/propitiate
• संतर्पयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative sense ‘to satisfy’

• त्वत्-प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘thy grace’

• गोविंद: O Govinda
• गोविंद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• विष्णु-लोकम्: to Vishnu’s world
• विष्णु-लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘Vishnu’s world’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative pronoun)

• गच्छतु: may he go
• गच्छतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Nṛga (petitioning Kṛṣṇa)

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• Viṣṇu
• Kṛṣṇa
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing joined with devotion and ancestral rites becomes a powerful dharmic path, culminating in Viṣṇu’s realm by divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nṛga-kūpa/Nṛga-tīrtha associated with Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (offerings to the ancestors) performed with parā-bhakti (supreme devotion).