Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

स्नापयित्वा यदि पुनर्ब्राह्मणं विनिवर्त्तते । यथेष्टं गच्छतु तदा किं वृथा विग्रहेण ते

Transliteration

snāpayitvā yadi punarbrāhmaṇaṃ vinivarttate | yatheṣṭaṃ gacchatu tadā kiṃ vṛthā vigraheṇa te

Translation

« Si, après avoir baigné le brāhmane, il revient encore, qu’il aille selon son désir ; pourquoi t’engagerais-tu dans une querelle vaine ? »

Word by Word

• स्नापयित्वा: having bathed (him)/having caused (him) to bathe
• स्नापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having caused to bathe’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• ब्राह्मणम्: the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विनिवर्तते: returns/turns back
• विनिवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यथेष्टम्: as desired
• यथेष्टम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-इष्ट (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गच्छतु: let (him) go
• गच्छतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• किम्: what/why
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: निरर्थकत्वबोधक-अव्यय (adverb)

• विग्रहेण: by quarrel/conflict
• विग्रहेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ते: for you/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (or चतुर्थी/द्वितीया बहुवचन depending context); अत्र षष्ठी-एकवचन ‘of you/for you’ अधिक संगतम्

Speaker

Daitya counsel (spoken within the daitya group; exact named speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A counselor-like figure addresses warriors, palm outward in a calming gesture; in the background a brāhmaṇa is being bathed or escorted, signaling that the ritual duty is the priority.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor dharma by respecting brāhmaṇas and avoiding needless hostility; restraint is itself a virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā Māhātmya, the emphasis is on dharmic conduct in a sacred place where actions carry amplified spiritual weight.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) connected with service to a brāhmaṇa, implying reverence and ritual hospitality.