Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र यः कुरुते स्नानं पौर्णमास्यां समाहितः । सम्यक्कृतं भवेत्तेन स्नानं तत्रादिपुष्करे

Transliteration

tatra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ | samyakkṛtaṃ bhavettena snānaṃ tatrādipuṣkare

Translation

Wer dort am Vollmondtag mit gesammelt ruhigem Geist badet, dessen Bad gilt durch diese Tat als vollkommen vollzogen in jenem uranfänglichen Puṣkara, dem heiligen Tīrtha.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (who)

• kurute: does, performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samāhitaḥ: collected, composed (in mind)
• samāhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (yaḥ)

• samyak-kṛtam: properly done
• samyak-kṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samyak (अव्यय) + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘कृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘स्नानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• bhavet: would be, becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tena: by that, thereby
• tena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘तस्मात् कारणात्/तेन’

• snānam: the bath
• snānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• ādi-puṣkare: in the first/original Puṣkara
• ādi-puṣkare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—आदौ स्थितं पुष्करम् (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādi-Puṣkara / Puṣkara-kuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the inquiring sage/audience within the māhātmya dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred pond in Prabhāsa under a luminous full moon; calm water, lamps on the bank, devotees entering with folded hands and meditative faces; distant shrine silhouettes.

Characters & Entities

• Paurṇamāsī
• Ādi-Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts gain completeness when aligned with sacred place, sacred time (Paurṇamāsī), and inner concentration (samāhita).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādi-Puṣkara / Puṣkara-kuṇḍa within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at the tīrtha on Paurṇamāsī (full-moon day), performed with a composed mind.