Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं मन्त्रेण चाचरेत्
Transliteration
tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ mantreṇa cācaret
Translation
C’est pourquoi, de tout son effort, on doit accomplir le rite du bain sacré, accompagné de la récitation des mantras.
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तस्मात् (ablatival adverb) हेत्वर्थे (therefore)
सर्वप्रयत्नेनwith all effort
सर्वप्रयत्नेन:
Karana (Means/manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः सर्वः प्रयत्नः (कर्मधारयः)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
मन्त्रेणwith a mantra
मन्त्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
आचरेत्should perform/practice
आचरेत्:
Kriya (Injunctive/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Pulastya (instructional conclusion)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka
Type: ghat
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Rājendra (king)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim at Piṇḍāraka steps into sacred waters, hands in añjali, lips moving in mantra; attendants hold water-pot and cloth; a small Śiva shrine nearby.
Characters & Entities
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SnānaM
MantraFAQs
Merit arises from intentional practice—outer purification (snāna) joined to inner sanctification (mantra).
Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha, within whose māhātmya this bathing injunction is given.
Perform tīrtha-bathing (snāna) accompanied by mantra.