Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तिर्य्यग्योनिगता ये च ये च कीटत्वमागताः । स्नानमात्रेण ते सर्वे मुक्तिं यांति न संशयः

Transliteration

tiryyagyonigatā ye ca ye ca kīṭatvamāgatāḥ | snānamātreṇa te sarve muktiṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Diejenigen, die in Tierleiber gelangt sind, und diejenigen, die den Zustand von Insekten erreicht haben—selbst sie alle gelangen allein durch das Bad zur Befreiung; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• तिर्यग्योनिगताः: those who have gone to animal births
• तिर्यग्योनिगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक्-योनि-गत (प्रातिपदिक; तिर्यक् + योनि + गत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समासभावः (तिर्यग्योनौ/तिर्यग्योनिं गताः = ‘gone to animal-womb’)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• कीटत्वम्: the state of being an insect/worm
• कीटत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीटत्व (प्रातिपदिक; कीट + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आगताः: have reached
• आगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + मात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘स्नानस्य मात्रम्’ = mere bathing)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth where the Gomatī meets the ocean, pilgrims bathe; the scene subtly includes animals and tiny insects near the waterline, suggesting even non-human beings are uplifted by the tirtha’s power; distant Dvārakā shrines and sea-waves frame the sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Tiryagyoni
• Kīṭa
• Snāna
• Mukti
• Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya emphasizes the extraordinary salvific power attributed to tīrtha-snāna at a supremely sacred confluence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomatī–Ocean confluence (Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama) celebrated in Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing/immersion) at the tīrtha, described as sufficient by itself for liberation in this phalaśruti.