Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं मन्त्रेण चाचरेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ mantreṇa cācaret

Translation

Darum soll man mit allem Eifer das heilige Bad vollziehen, verbunden mit der Rezitation von Mantras.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तस्मात् (ablatival adverb) हेत्वर्थे (therefore)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Means/manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः सर्वः प्रयत्नः (कर्मधारयः)

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

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आचरेत्: should perform/practice
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya (instructional conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Piṇḍāraka steps into sacred waters, hands in añjali, lips moving in mantra; attendants hold water-pot and cloth; a small Śiva shrine nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit arises from intentional practice—outer purification (snāna) joined to inner sanctification (mantra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha, within whose māhātmya this bathing injunction is given.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tīrtha-bathing (snāna) accompanied by mantra.