Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अत्र ये मानवा भक्त्या स्नानं सूर्यस्य संगमे । उत्तरे तु करिष्यंति ते यास्यंति त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

atra ye mānavā bhaktyā snānaṃ sūryasya saṃgame | uttare tu kariṣyaṃti te yāsyaṃti triviṣṭapam

Translation

Ceux qui, avec dévotion, se baignent ici au saṅgama de Sūrya, puis accomplissent le rite final prescrit (uttara), iront à Triviṣṭapa, le ciel.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सापेक्ष-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• मानवाः: men, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे (by/with devotion)

• स्नानम्: bath, bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location/time)

• उत्तरे: afterwards, later
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; कालवाचक (later/afterwards)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; contrast/emphasis)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do, will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ते: they, those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; अन्वादेश (those)

• यास्यन्ति: will go, will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• त्रिविष्टपम्: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (goal as object of motion)

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic narrative voice within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-saṅgama at Mūlasthāna (Devikā-taṭa)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a luminous confluence under a rising sun; after bathing they perform ‘uttara’—standing in wet garments offering arghya to Sūrya, with priests guiding; a subtle celestial pathway suggests ascent to Triviṣṭapa.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Saṅgama
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing at a sanctified confluence, completed with proper observance, yields exalted posthumous merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘Sūrya-saṅgama’ (Sun-associated confluence) tīrtha within the Devikā-taṭa/Mūlasthāna context of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the saṅgama, followed by an ‘uttara’ concluding observance.