Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् । सांबतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā na durgatimavāpnuyāt | sāṃbatīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

En s’y baignant avec dévotion, l’homme ne tombe pas dans une destinée mauvaise. Ensuite, qu’il aille à Sāmbatīrtha, le gué sacré qui anéantit tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having bathed)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; साधन/भावेन (with devotion)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• दुर्गतिम्: misfortune, bad state
• दुर्गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; निषेधसहितः (would/should not attain)

• साम्बतीर्थम्: Sāmba-tīrtha (pilgrimage place)
• साम्बतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (साम्बस्य तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-कर्म

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरम्

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘साम्बतीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra-s / pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes with folded hands at a sun-tinted lake; the path then leads to a marked ford named for Sāmba, where the atmosphere feels intensely purifying, with priests guiding rites.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional pilgrimage and sacred bathing protect one from spiritual downfall and cleanse sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāmbatīrtha, praised as a sin-destroying tīrtha in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with bhakti, followed by pilgrimage to Sāmbatīrtha.