Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत् । श्राद्धं चैवात्मनः शक्त्या दानं पार्थिवसत्तम

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret | śrāddhaṃ caivātmanaḥ śaktyā dānaṃ pārthivasattama

Translation

Therefore, with every effort one should bathe there; and, according to one’s capacity, perform śrāddha and give charity, O best of kings.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभावप्रायः (ablatival adverb): ‘therefore/from that reason’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—सर्वः प्रयत्नः (all effort)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

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

• समाचरेत्: should perform/practise
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शक्त्या: according to (one's) ability
• शक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दानम्: gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पार्थिवसत्तम: O best of kings
• पार्थिवसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—पार्थिवानां सत्तमः (best among kings)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthiva-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king receives instruction from the sage; nearby, devotees bathe, a śrāddha altar is prepared with piṇḍas and kuśa, and gifts are offered to brāhmaṇas/poor at the tīrtha bank.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Yayāti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred travel should be completed with disciplined practice—bathing, honoring ancestors, and charitable giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to “there” within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa sacred locale described in the surrounding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna (holy bathing), śrāddha (ancestral offerings), and dāna (charity) according to one’s means.