Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अत्र ये मानवा भक्त्या स्नानं सूर्यस्य संगमे । उत्तरे तु करिष्यंति ते यास्यंति त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

atra ye mānavā bhaktyā snānaṃ sūryasya saṃgame | uttare tu kariṣyaṃti te yāsyaṃti triviṣṭapam

Translation

Die Menschen, die hier in Hingabe am Saṅgama Sūryas baden und danach den vorgeschriebenen abschließenden Ritus (uttara) vollziehen, werden nach Triviṣṭapa, in den Himmel, gelangen.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सापेक्ष-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• मानवाः: men, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे (by/with devotion)

• स्नानम्: bath, bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location/time)

• उत्तरे: afterwards, later
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; कालवाचक (later/afterwards)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; contrast/emphasis)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do, will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ते: they, those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; अन्वादेश (those)

• यास्यन्ति: will go, will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• त्रिविष्टपम्: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (goal as object of motion)

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic narrative voice within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-saṅgama at Mūlasthāna (Devikā-taṭa)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a luminous confluence under a rising sun; after bathing they perform ‘uttara’—standing in wet garments offering arghya to Sūrya, with priests guiding; a subtle celestial pathway suggests ascent to Triviṣṭapa.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Saṅgama
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing at a sanctified confluence, completed with proper observance, yields exalted posthumous merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘Sūrya-saṅgama’ (Sun-associated confluence) tīrtha within the Devikā-taṭa/Mūlasthāna context of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the saṅgama, followed by an ‘uttara’ concluding observance.