Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यन्ति प्राप्ते शक्रोच्छ्रये सदा । आश्विने शुक्लपक्षांते ते यास्यंति परां गतिम् । सुश्रीकाश्च भविष्यंति सदा जन्मनिजन्मनि

Transliteration

ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyanti prāpte śakrocchraye sadā | āśvine śuklapakṣāṃte te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim | suśrīkāśca bhaviṣyaṃti sadā janmanijanmani

Translation

Wer hier badet, sooft die Zeit der Śakrocchraya gekommen ist—am Ende der hellen Monatshälfte des Āśvina—wird das höchste Ziel erlangen. Und stets wird er mit Śrī begabt sein: glückverheißendem Wohlstand und Schönheit, von Geburt zu Geburt.

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; relative pronoun

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśavācaka avyaya (देशवाचक अव्यय), adverb

• snānam: bath, bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; karma of verb

• kariṣyanti: will do
• kariṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, simple future), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• prāpte: when (it is) arrived/occurred
• prāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp + pra)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; agrees with śakrocchraye

• śakra-ucchraye: at the rising/ascendancy of Indra (Śakra)
• śakra-ucchraye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + ucchraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (शक्रस्य उच्छ्रयः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kālavācaka avyaya (कालवाचक अव्यय), adverb

• āśvine: in (the month of) Āśvina
• āśvine: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; month-name adjective used substantively; agrees with (implicit) māse

• śukla-pakṣa-ante: at the end of the bright fortnight
• śukla-pakṣa-ante: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; tatpuruṣa chain: śuklaḥ pakṣaḥ, tasya antaḥ

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; correlative pronoun

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, simple future), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• parām: supreme, highest
• parām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with gatim

• gatim: state, destination
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• suśrīkāḥ: prosperous, endowed with fortune
• suśrīkāḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रादि) + śrīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi-like sense but not a samāsa form here; predicate adjective

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय निपात), conjunction

• bhaviṣyanti: will be
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, simple future), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kālavācaka avyaya (कालवाचक अव्यय), adverb

• janmani-janmani: in birth after birth
• janmani-janmani: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular used distributively; itaretara-dvandva with repetition (युग्म), meaning 'in each birth'

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahaujasā Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sarbadevatāḥ (all deities); framed to a Narādhipa by the text’s narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, smiling, proclaims to the assembled gods the rule: those who bathe here at Śakrocchraya time, at the end of Āśvina bright fortnight, attain supreme goal and lasting prosperity/beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakrocchraya (sacred occasion)
• Āśvina (month)
• śuklapakṣa (bright fortnight)
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography and sacred time combine: bathing at the right tīrtha and auspicious calendrical moment yields both liberation-oriented merit and worldly auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda tīrtha associated with Śakra’s purification (Mahaujasā Tīrtha context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at this tīrtha at the end of the bright fortnight in Āśvina, at the occasion called Śakrocchraya.