Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

भावेन हि नरः कश्चित्तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

bhāvena hi naraḥ kaścittatra snānaṃ samācaret | sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

Wahrlich, wer dort mit aufrichtiger innerer Hingabe das Bad vollzieht, wird von allen Sünden befreit und in der Welt Viṣṇus geehrt.

Word by Word

• भावेन: with (devotional) feeling
• भावेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; हेतौ/प्रकारे (with devotion/attitude)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle; emphasis)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• कश्चित्: someone, any (person)
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + वि-निर्-मुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying naraḥ)

• विष्णुलोके: in Vishnu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम् (passive/ātmanepada usage)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single devotee bathes with intense inner devotion; dark ‘pāpa’ shadows dissolve into light; above, Viṣṇuloka appears with Viṣṇu on Garuḍa, the devotee honored with a radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Prabhāsa (implied)
• Tīrtha-snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner disposition (bhāva) makes pilgrimage rites spiritually transformative, culminating in purification and divine honour.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place (tīrtha) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra referenced as “there.”

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) performed with devotion/intent (bhāva).