Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
स्नानं दानं विशेषेण सर्वपातकनाशनम्
Transliteration
snānaṃ dānaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvapātakanāśanam
Translation
Le bain rituel et l’aumône—surtout—détruisent tous les péchés.
Word by Word
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma/Visaya (Object/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समुच्चित-विषय (co-ordinated item)
दानम्giving, charity
दानम्:
Karma/Visaya (Object/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समुच्चित-विषय
विशेषेणespecially
विशेषेण:
Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषणभावः (adverbial instrumental) = ‘especially’
सर्वपातकनाशनम्destroyer of all sins
सर्वपातकनाशनम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समासः—सर्वपातकस्य नाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); ‘स्नानं दानं’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context) / Citrapathā tīrtha (immediate context)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the tīrtha and then offer charity to brahmins, the poor, and temple-servants; the atmosphere is orderly, pure, and auspicious.
FAQs
Purification is both inward and outward: sacred bathing and selfless giving together remove moral and ritual impurity.
The teaching is framed within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s tīrtha context (the river described in this chapter).
Perform snāna (holy bathing) and dāna (charity), highlighted as especially efficacious.