Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

करिष्यंति नराः स्नानं ते यास्यंति परां गतिम् । येऽत्र श्राद्धं करिष्यंति पिंडदानं तथा नराः

Transliteration

kariṣyaṃti narāḥ snānaṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim | ye'tra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti piṃḍadānaṃ tathā narāḥ

Translation

Those people who will bathe here shall go to the supreme goal. And those people who will perform śrāddha here, and likewise offer piṇḍas…

Word by Word

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• नराः: people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• पराम्: supreme, highest
• पराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘गतिम्’)

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite (ancestral offering)
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• पिण्ड-दानम्: piṇḍa-offering
• पिण्ड-दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘पिण्डस्य दानम्’ = offering of rice-balls)

• तथा: and also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Coordination/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (and also/likewise)

• नराः: people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (पुनरुक्त-कर्तृपद)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (specific sub-tīrtha implied in Arbudakhaṇḍa context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha) in the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal/riverine tīrtha perform snāna; nearby, a family conducts śrāddha with piṇḍas on darbha, offering water and sesame, with brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Śrāddha
• Piṇḍadāna
• Parā gati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma unites self-purification (snāna) with ancestral duty (śrāddha/piṇḍadāna), both leading toward the highest good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsatīrtha (the tīrtha being described in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and performance of śrāddha with piṇḍadāna at the tīrtha.