Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । चैत्रशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां यत्र सिद्धिं गतो यमः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret | caitraśuklatrayodaśyāṃ yatra siddhiṃ gato yamaḥ

Translation

C’est pourquoi, avec tous ses efforts, qu’on accomplisse le bain en ce lieu, surtout au treizième jour (Trayodaśī) de la quinzaine claire de Caitra, là où Yama obtint l’accomplissement.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• sarvaprayatnena: with all effort
• sarvaprayatnena: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘सर्वः प्रयत्नः’), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental of manner)

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

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/adverb)

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (चर् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• caitraśuklatrayodaśyām: on the 13th day of the bright fortnight of Caitra
• caitraśuklatrayodaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitra + śukla + trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्य: ‘चैत्रस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य त्रयोदशी’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक/relative adverb of place)

• siddhim: attainment/perfection
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gataḥ: having gone/attained
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘गतवान्’

• yamaḥ: Yama
• yamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; within Pulastya’s discourse to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: यमतीर्थ

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims gather at Yama Tīrtha on Caitra bright trayodaśī; banners, lamps, and orderly bathing; a subtle divine vignette shows Yama attaining siddhi at the same spot in a prior age.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Caitra
• Śukla Trayodaśī
• Snāna
• Yama-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places have sacred times; aligning pilgrimage with an auspicious tithi intensifies the fruit of the rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yama Tīrtha, where Yama is said to have attained siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna, particularly on Caitra Śukla Trayodaśī.