Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो देवि तिर्यग्योनौ न जायते

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro devi tiryagyonau na jāyate

Translation

Ô Déesse, celui qui s’y baigne ne renaît plus dans une matrice animale.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

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

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तिर्यग्योनौ: in an animal womb/birth
• तिर्यग्योनौ: Adhikarana (State/realm/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिर्यक् + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तिर्यग्-योनि); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs ritual bathing at a sacred waterbody near the Somnātha sacred landscape; the atmosphere suggests liberation from animal rebirth and karmic heaviness.

Characters & Entities

• Kardamālā-tīrtha
• Snāna
• Tiryag-yoni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a celebrated tīrtha is portrayed as a purifier that elevates one beyond lower rebirths.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kardamālā-tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha.