Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

भावेन यो नरस्तत्र कश्चित्स्नानं समाचरेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

bhāvena yo narastatra kaścitsnānaṃ samācaret | sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

Any person who bathes there with heartfelt devotion is freed from all sins and is honored in the world of Brahmā.

Word by Word

• भावेन: with devotion/intent
• भावेन: Karana (Instrument/Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/भावविशेष (masculine, instrumental singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता (masculine, nominative singular)

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

• कश्चित्: someone, any
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun; masculine nominative singular)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समाचर्-क्रियायाः कर्म (neuter, accusative singular)

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative, 3rd person singular)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + वि + निर् + मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सर्वपापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (masculine, nominative singular)

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma’s world
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘ब्रह्मणः लोकः’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (masculine, locative singular)

• महीयते: is honored, is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is honored’ (present, 3rd person singular, middle/passive sense)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra snāna-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeker interlocutor (typical māhātmya audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone pilgrim bathes with folded hands and closed eyes, radiating devotion; above, a subtle vision of Brahmaloka—lotus-like realm—signifying honor after sinlessness.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner disposition (bhāva) transforms a simple rite like snāna into a powerful means of purification and elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even a single devoted bath is praised as highly efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha performed with bhāva (devotional intent).