Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पितॄणां जायते तृप्तिर्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत्

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptiryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret

Translation

Dort erlangen die Ahnen Zufriedenheit, die bis zum Ende des kosmischen Zeitalters währt. Darum soll man mit aller Anstrengung das rituelle Bad an jenem Ort ordnungsgemäß vollziehen.

Word by Word

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (until/as long as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: up to the cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—आभूत (यावत्-पर्यन्तं भूतानाम्) + संप्लव (प्रलय)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत्; अपादानार्थक-निपात (therefore/from that reason)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वस्य प्रयत्नः (पूर्ण-प्रयत्न)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• समाचरेत्: should perform/practise
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Govinda (Viṣṇu), as reported by Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda sacred lake (pitṛ-tṛpti tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the lakebank, offerings to ancestors are made—water libations with sesame, piṇḍa offerings—while the sky subtly suggests vast cosmic time (sun, moon, and stars), implying the promise of enduring pitṛ satisfaction; the verse ends with an injunction urging determined bathing.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛs (ancestors)
• ābhūtasaṃplava
• Vārāha Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to ancestors is magnified by sacred place; tīrtha-bathing becomes an enduring act of dharma benefiting pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing spot at Vārāha Tīrtha, described as extraordinarily effective for pitṛ-satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, emphasized as a must-do practice with full effort.