Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन श्राद्धं तत्र समाचरेत् । स्नानं च पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ य इच्छेच्छ्रेय आत्मनः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrāddhaṃ tatra samācaret | snānaṃ ca pārthivaśreṣṭha ya icchecchreya ātmanaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, celui qui souhaite pour lui-même le bien suprême doit, de tout son effort, accomplir là le śrāddha, et aussi le bain rituel, ô le meilleur des rois.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Causal connector/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-तद्)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः) — ‘therefore/from that reason’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — कर्मधारयः; ‘with all effort’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha (rite)
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘śrāddha rite’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपदम्; ‘one should perform’

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘bathing’ (as rite)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘and’

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — कर्मधारयः; ‘O best of kings’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम; ‘who’

• इच्छेत्: wishes
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Relative clause action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपदम्; ‘would desire/should wish’

• श्रेयः: welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘the good/benefit’

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘of oneself’

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgodbhava Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthivaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daytime ritual at a tīrtha-bank: a pilgrim performs śrāddha with darbha, water libations, and offerings, then proceeds to bathe; priests and simple ritual vessels present; atmosphere of solemn calm.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal welfare (śreyas) is pursued through dharmic rites—especially tīrtha-bathing and ancestral offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The injunction is for the same celebrated site in the chapter: Nāgodbhava Tīrtha (Arbuda Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at the site and undertake snāna (ritual bathing) there.