Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

चन्द्रतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । इन्द्रेश्वरं च संपूज्य मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

candratīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | indreśvaraṃ ca saṃpūjya mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

যি নৰ চন্দ্ৰতীৰ্থত স্নান কৰি পিতৃলোক আৰু দেৱতাসকলক তৰ্পণ দিয়ে, আৰু ইন্দ্ৰেশ্বৰক বিধিপূৰ্বক পূজা কৰে—সেইজন পাপ-বন্ধনৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়; ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।

Word by Word

• चन्द्र: Chandra
• चन्द्र: Sambandha (Genitival relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (अविभक्तिक) — ‘moon/Chandra’ as compound member

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘चन्द्रस्य तीर्थे’ tatpuruṣa; locative singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — gerund ‘having bathed’

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √तृप् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — ‘having satisfied/propitiated’

• पितृ: ancestors
• पितृ: Sambandha (Genitival relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (अविभक्तिक) — ‘ancestors’ as compound member

• देवताः: the ancestral deities
• देवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन — ‘पितॄणां देवताः’/‘पितृदेवताः’ tatpuruṣa; object of संतर्प्य

• इन्द्रेश्वरम्: Indreśvara
• इन्द्रेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; proper name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — ‘having duly worshipped’

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद/कर्मणि प्रयोगः — present passive ‘is released’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb ‘here/in this matter’

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject of nominal clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/भाव), एकवचन — nominative singular; with न = ‘no doubt’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (māhātmya assertion within Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative)

Characters & Entities

• Candratīrtha
• Pitṛs
• Devatās
• Indreśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled by a complete dharmic sequence—purifying bath, ancestral rites, and devotion to Śiva—leading to release from sin and bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, together with the nearby/related Śiva manifestation Indreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Candratīrtha, tarpaṇa to Pitṛs and devatās, and full worship (saṃpūjā) of Indreśvara.