Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवं स्नानविधिः प्रोक्तः सौरः संक्षेपतस्तव । हिताय मानवेन्द्राणां सर्वपापप्रणाशनः

Transliteration

evaṃ snānavidhiḥ proktaḥ sauraḥ saṃkṣepatastava | hitāya mānavendrāṇāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ

Translation

Ainsi t’a été exposé brièvement le rite du bain solaire (Sūrya) ; il est salutaire aux rois parmi les hommes et détruit tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Modifier (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• स्नानविधिः: the procedure of bathing
• स्नानविधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (snānasya vidhiḥ)

• प्रोक्तः: has been declared
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र + √वच् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) — ‘has been said’

• सौरः: solar; pertaining to the Sun
• सौरः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Modifier (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेपतः (अव्यय; संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस्)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• तव: for you; of you
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• हिताय: for the welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (हितम्), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the benefit)

• मानवेन्द्राणाम्: of the kings (chiefs) of men
• मानवेन्द्राणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘मानवानाम् इन्द्राः’ (kings among men)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनः: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarvapāpānāṃ praṇāśanaḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Saurī snāna-vidhi within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed recipient (yashasvin/suvrata in nearby verses; likely a devotee/queen/ideal interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Prabhāsa shoreline/riverbank at dawn; a kingly patron and attendants perform the ‘saurā’ snāna-vidhi, with priests reciting; the Sun rises as a golden disc over the waters, suggesting universal purification.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purificatory rites dedicated to Sūrya are upheld as powerful means for cleansing sin and sustaining social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite is taught within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, implying Prabhāsa as the sacred setting for such purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ‘saura’ (Sun-related) snāna-vidhi (bathing procedure).