Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्र प्रकर्तव्यं प्रातः स्नानं विशेषतः । सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य फलमात्मन ईप्सता

Transliteration

tasmādatra prakartavyaṃ prātaḥ snānaṃ viśeṣataḥ | sarvatīrthāvagāhasya phalamātmana īpsatā

Translation

Darum soll man hier besonders das morgendliche Bad vollziehen—wer für sich die Frucht des Eintauchens in allen Tīrthas begehrt.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/निपातवत् प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-एकवचनार्थे ‘therefore/from that’ (ablative sense)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: should be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be done/should be done’

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (in the morning)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

• सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य: of bathing/immersion in all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-अवगाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अवगाहः)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आत्मनः: for oneself; of the self
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ईप्सता: by one who desires (it)
• ईप्सता: Karana (Agent-instrumental/तृतीया-कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘desiring/wishing to obtain’

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee steps into the Sarayū at dawn near a ghat marked Svargadvāra; the water is depicted as containing symbolic reflections of many famous tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Narmadā) to show ‘all-tīrtha’ fruit; priests hold waterpots and kusa grass.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Svargadvāra
• Sarayū (context of bathing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action at the right sacred place—performed with intention—condenses vast spiritual merit into a simple dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā, where a single bath is said to yield the merit of bathing in all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform prātaḥ-snāna (morning bathing) at this tīrtha to obtain the fruit of immersion in all sacred waters.