Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

अमावास्यां पौर्णमास्यां यस्तस्याः संगमे शुभे । स्नायादशेषदुःखात्तु स नरः परिमुच्यते

Transliteration

amāvāsyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ yastasyāḥ saṃgame śubhe | snāyādaśeṣaduḥkhāttu sa naraḥ parimucyate

Translation

On the new-moon and full-moon days, whoever bathes at her auspicious confluence is completely freed from all sorrow.

Word by Word

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• tasyāḥ: of those (two)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• saṃgame: at the conjunction/meeting
• saṃgame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saṃgame इति विशेष्यस्य)

• snāyāt: should bathe
• snāyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• aśeṣa-duḥkhāt: from all sorrow
• aśeṣa-duḥkhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (aśeṣaṃ duḥkham)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• naraḥ: man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• parimucyate: is completely freed
• parimucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Duḥkha-mocanī Saṅgama (Bhāgīrathī-saṅgama as stated)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on Amāvāsyā/Paurṇimā bathe at a confluence; the meeting waters are shown as two differently colored currents merging; offerings of lamps and water-libations on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• Saṅgama (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual bathing at sacred confluences on auspicious lunar days is upheld as a dharmic means for relief from suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious saṅgama (confluence) of Bhāgīrathī within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the saṅgama on Amāvāsyā and Paurṇimā for freedom from all sorrow.