Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

आश्विने चंद्रभागायां श्राद्धं स्नानं करोति यः । स्थानं युगसहस्राणां कृतं तेन त्रिविष्टपे

Transliteration

āśvine caṃdrabhāgāyāṃ śrāddhaṃ snānaṃ karoti yaḥ | sthānaṃ yugasahasrāṇāṃ kṛtaṃ tena triviṣṭape

Translation

Wer im Monat Āśvina am Candrabhāgā das rituelle Bad und das Śrāddha vollzieht, dem wird ein Aufenthalt in Triviṣṭapa (dem Himmel) für tausend Yugas gewährt.

Word by Word

• आश्विने: in (the month) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in Āśvina (month)’

• चंद्रभागायाम्: at the Candrabhāgā (river)
• चंद्रभागायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रभागा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in/at Candrabhāgā (river)’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — कर्मपद

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — कर्मपद

• करोति: performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘does/performs’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• स्थानम्: a place; station
• स्थानम्: Karma (Result/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — यहाँ विधेय/फलरूपेण ‘a place/status’

• युगसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of ages (yugas)
• युगसहस्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of thousands of yugas’

• कृतम्: is made; is obtained
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘made/obtained’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by him’

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrabhāgā-tīrtha (within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra/Prabhāsa ambit)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on the Candrabhāgā riverbank in Āśvina: one person completes snāna, then offers piṇḍa and tila-tarpaṇa to pitṛs; subtle celestial light suggests Triviṣṭapa reward.

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina
• Candrabhāgā
• Śrāddha
• Snāna
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

River-tīrtha bathing combined with śrāddha is portrayed as extraordinarily potent, producing vast heavenly merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Candrabhāgā river is glorified as the setting for Āśvina snāna and śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing snāna (bath) and śrāddha at Candrabhāgā during Āśvina.