Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

येत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

yetra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

Wer an jenem heiligen Ort das rituelle Bad vollzieht, wird die höchste Bestimmung, den erhabensten Zustand, erlangen.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place); पाठे ‘येत्र’ = ‘ये तत्र’ (sandhi)

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

• करिष्यन्ति: will do; will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Future, 3rd person, Plural; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Future, 3rd person, Plural

• पराम्: supreme; highest
• पराम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular; ‘गतिम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state; destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Deductive: likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating the Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes ritual immersion and emerges with folded hands; a subtle upward path of light suggests parā gati; sages and tīrtha-deities witness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful tīrtha-bathing, done with reverence, is praised as a direct means to the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the locally discussed Arbuda-region tīrtha in this Adhyāya (contextual ‘yatra’ within Arbuda Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the indicated sacred place.