Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

अत्र यस्त्यजति प्राणान्बहूदकतटे नरः । मोदते सूर्यलोकेऽसौ धर्मिणां च सुतो भवेत्

Transliteration

atra yastyajati prāṇānbahūdakataṭe naraḥ | modate sūryaloke'sau dharmiṇāṃ ca suto bhavet

Translation

Tout homme qui, ici, abandonne son souffle vital sur la rive de Bahūdaka se réjouit dans le monde de Sūrya ; et il renaît comme fils des justes, établis dans le dharma.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

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

• त्यजति: gives up, abandons
• त्यजति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्राणान्: life-breaths, life
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (accusative plural)

• बहूदकतटे: on the bank of Bahūdaka
• बहूदकतटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहूदक + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative singular); ‘बहूदकस्य तटे’

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

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सूर्यलोके: in the Sun-world
• सूर्यलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative singular)

• असौ: that person, he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular); दूरवाचक-सर्वनाम

• धर्मिणाम्: of the righteous
• धर्मिणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• भवेत्: may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene scene on the pond-bank where an aged pilgrim breathes his last in peace; sunlight (Sūrya) streams down, suggesting ascent to Sūrya-loka; attendants maintain quiet dharmic composure.

Characters & Entities

• Bahūdaka
• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place sanctifies even one’s final moment, directing the soul toward auspicious realms and virtuous rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahūdaka taṭa (the riverbank/shore of Bahūdaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse highlights the spiritual consequence of dying at the tīrtha.