Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति ह्यस्मिंस्तीर्थे च भक्तितः । यास्यंति ते परं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti hyasmiṃstīrthe ca bhaktitaḥ | yāsyaṃti te paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

Ceux qui, avec dévotion, se baignent ici en ce tīrtha sacré atteindront la demeure suprême, exempte de vieillesse et de mort.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

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

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

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), emphasis/indeed

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: holy place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• भक्तितः: with devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = भक्त्या/भक्त्या सह; 'out of devotion'

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• जरामरणवर्जितम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त; वर्ज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जरया मरणेन च वर्जितम्)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (contextual ‘asmin tīrthe’)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a clear sacred pool/river at dawn, hands joined in añjali, bathing with devotion; a subtle vision of the ‘supreme abode’ is suggested in the sky—radiant, calm, timeless.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing at a sanctified tīrtha is presented as a direct means to attain a deathless, supreme spiritual state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) is praised; the verse highlights the sanctity of “this tīrtha” in the Arbuda region context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed here with bhakti (devotion).