Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तस्य वासो भवेन्नित्य विष्णुलोके सनातने । अक्षयं स्वर्गमाप्नोति तीर्थ स्नानेन मानवः

Transliteration

tasya vāso bhavennitya viṣṇuloke sanātane | akṣayaṃ svargamāpnoti tīrtha snānena mānavaḥ

Translation

Für ihn wird es eine ewige Wohnstatt in der unvergänglichen Welt Viṣṇus geben. Durch das Bad im Tīrtha erlangt der Mensch einen unzerstörbaren Himmel.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• वासः: dwelling, residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be/shall be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नित्य: always
• नित्य: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषण)

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu's world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः)

• सनातने: eternal
• सनातने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विष्णुलोके)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थ: (of) the tīrtha
• तीर्थ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, (समासपूर्वपद-रूपे) अव्यक्त-विभक्ति; 'tīrtha-' as qualifier of snāna

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (continuation of the dāna/snānaphala context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-tīrtha (Sarayū-snānāṅga implied)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on the Sarayū ghāṭa in Ayodhyā, hands folded, entering the water for snāna while envisioning Viṣṇu’s eternal realm above—Vaikuṇṭha with conch, discus, and radiant attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Tīrtha
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing, especially when paired with devotional giving, is portrayed as leading to lasting spiritual reward and proximity to Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Ayodhyā-region tīrtha being discussed in this chapter, whose snāna is said to yield imperishable heavenly results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing at the pilgrimage site) as a direct means to spiritual merit.