Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स्नानं दानं जपस्तत्र सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत्

Transliteration

snānaṃ dānaṃ japastatra sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

Translation

هناك، الاغتسالُ المقدّسُ والصدقةُ وتلاوةُ الجَپَا—كلُّ ذلك يتضاعفُ أجرُهُ كُوṭيًّا (عشرةَ ملايينِ مرّة).

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• दानम्: giving, charity
• दानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• जपः: recitation (japa)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (समस्तकर्म-समुच्चयार्थे)

• कोटिगुणम्: a crore-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; कोट्या गुणः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trisaṅgama (Miśra-tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the confluence performing three acts in one frame: bathing at the waterline, giving alms to a brāhmaṇa/poor person, and seated japa with rosary; above them a luminous ‘koṭi’ aura or radiating mandala indicating multiplication of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Trisaṅgama/Miśratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action (snāna, dāna, japa) gains extraordinary potency when performed in a highly sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha under discussion—Trisaṅgama/Miśratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (bath), dāna (charity), and japa (mantra-recitation) at the tīrtha for greatly multiplied merit.