Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

सदेहश्च गतः स्वर्गे तीर्थस्नानादनन्तरम् । ततः प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं जंबूतीर्थमनुस्मृतम्

Transliteration

sadehaśca gataḥ svarge tīrthasnānādanantaram | tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ jaṃbūtīrthamanusmṛtam

Translation

Aussitôt après s’être baigné au tīrtha, il monta au ciel avec son propre corps. Dès lors, ce lieu saint fut rappelé sous le nom de Jambū Tīrtha.

Word by Word

• सदेहः: with (his) body
• सदेहः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied subject)

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

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Kriya (Motion/result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate participle

• स्वर्गे: to/in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्नानात्: from/through bathing at the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्नानात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb; accusative used adverbially)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from that time)

• प्रभृति: from then on
• प्रभृति: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: आदिवाचक-अव्यय (from ... onwards)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tīrtham)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha/sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• जंबूतीर्थम्: Jambū-tīrtha
• जंबूतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंबू + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; नाम (proper designation)

• अनुस्मृतम्: was remembered/was called
• अनुस्मृतम्: Kriya (Naming/result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate: 'was remembered/called'

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jambū Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the king rises radiant; a celestial chariot or divine light lifts him bodily toward Svarga; sages witness and the tīrtha gains its name.

Characters & Entities

• svarga (heaven)
• Jambū Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can grant extraordinary fruit; faith and proper observance can lead to exalted states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jambū Tīrtha, named and memorialized due to the jambu sign and its powerful results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna (bathing at the sacred ford) as the direct cause of the proclaimed merit.