Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्यां स्नातो नरः सम्यक्सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत् । मुच्यते पातकात्कृत्स्नादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

Transliteration

tasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyaksarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet | mucyate pātakātkṛtsnādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

Translation

Wer dort in rechter Weise badet, erlangt die Frucht aller Tīrthas und wird von jeder Sünde befreit — selbst von jener, die bis zum Ende des Kreislaufs von Geburt und Tod fortdauert.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her/therein
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘having bathed’

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

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘properly/fully’

• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: the fruit of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘all + pilgrimage-sites + fruit/result’

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would obtain/should obtain’

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is released’

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• कृत्स्नात्: entire
• कृत्स्नात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; विशेषण ‘entire/whole’ (agreeing with implied पातकात्)

• आ: up to
• आ: Sambandha (Limit-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग-सदृश अव्यय (prepositional particle) ‘up to’

• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: from (sins) lasting up to birth-and-death’s end
• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + मरण + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ending with birth and death’ (i.e., lasting till the end of the cycle)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivaliṅga Kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Mahīpate/Bhūpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes a reverent bath in the Śivaliṅga pond; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically containing many tīrthas; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water, while a serene aura suggests release from long-held karmic burdens.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed tīrtha-bathing is presented as a concentrated path of purification, equated with the merit of many pilgrimages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa (the pond named Śivaliṅga), where bathing grants exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at that kuṇḍa, done “samyak” (with proper observance).