Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

नित्यं स्नात्वा तडागे वा महानद्यां च निर्झरे । पांडुकूपे तु सुश्रोणि सर्वस्नानफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

nityaṃ snātvā taḍāge vā mahānadyāṃ ca nirjhare | pāṃḍukūpe tu suśroṇi sarvasnānaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

وإن اغتسل المرء كلَّ يومٍ في بركةٍ أو في نهرٍ عظيمٍ أو في جدولٍ جبليّ، فمع ذلك، يا رشيقةَ الخصر، فإن الاغتسال في بئر باندو (Pāṇḍu-kūpa) يمنح ثواب جميع الاغتسالات المقدّسة.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: daily
• नित्यम्: Adverbial (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तडागे: in a pond
• तडागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• महानद्याम्: in a great river
• महानद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-नदी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + नदी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महती नदी)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निर्झरे: in a waterfall/spring
• निर्झरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• पाण्डुकूपे: in (the) Pāṇḍu-well
• पाण्डुकूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-कूप (प्रातिपदिक; पाण्डु + कूप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (पाण्डुः कूपः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped lady
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुश्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वस्नानफलम्: the fruit of all baths
• सर्वस्नानफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-स्नान-फल (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + स्नान + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां स्नानानां फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain/should obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍu-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed woman (suśroṇi) / devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a stone-lined sacred well labeled Pāṇḍu-kūpa; nearby are symbolic representations of pond, great river, and mountain stream, showing that this single bath equals all.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍu-kūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas concentrate merit: bathing at a sanctified site can equal many ordinary purificatory acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāṇḍu-kūpa (a sacred well) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform daily bathing, with special emphasis that bathing at Pāṇḍu-kūpa grants the fruit of all baths.