Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तदा तीर्थफलं सम्यक्त्यक्तदोषस्य जायते । स्नानं सन्ध्या जपो होमः पितृदेवर्षितर्पणम् । श्राद्धं देवस्य पूजा च त्यक्तदोषस्य जायते

Transliteration

tadā tīrthaphalaṃ samyaktyaktadoṣasya jāyate | snānaṃ sandhyā japo homaḥ pitṛdevarṣitarpaṇam | śrāddhaṃ devasya pūjā ca tyaktadoṣasya jāyate

Translation

Alors, pour celui qui a renoncé aux fautes, le fruit du pèlerinage naît véritablement dans sa plénitude. Le bain rituel, les rites de sandhyā, le japa, le homa, les offrandes (tarpana) aux ancêtres, aux dieux et aux ṛṣi; le śrāddha et le culte de la Divinité—tout cela porte fruit pour celui qui a rejeté les fautes.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “then/at that time”)

• तीर्थफलम्: fruit/merit of pilgrimage
• तीर्थफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tīrthasya phalam)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: “properly/fully”)

• त्यक्तदोषस्य: of one who has abandoned faults
• त्यक्तदोषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (√त्यज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त “त्यक्त” + कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासार्थः “त्यक्ताः दोषाः यस्य” (sense: one whose faults are abandoned)

• जायते: arises/is obtained
• जायते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present indicative, 3rd sg, middle)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• सन्ध्या: sandhyā worship (twilight rite)
• सन्ध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• जपः: recitation (japa)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• होमः: fire-offering (homa)
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• पितृदेवर्षितर्पणम्: offering of water to ancestors, gods, and sages
• पितृदेवर्षितर्पणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (pitr̥-devar̥ṣi-—their tarpaṇa)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)

• त्यक्तदोषस्य: of one who has abandoned faults
• त्यक्तदोषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (√त्यज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular); “त्यक्ताः दोषाः यस्य” (one who has abandoned faults)

• जायते: arises/is obtained
• जायते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present indicative, 3rd sg, middle)

Speaker

Narrator of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpottama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequential tableau: a pilgrim/householder first casts away dark ‘doṣa’ shadows, then performs snāna at a ghat, sandhyā with arghya to the sun, japa with mālā, homa with sacred fire, tarpaṇa with water for pitṛ/deva/ṛṣi, śrāddha with piṇḍa offerings, and finally deity pūjā in a shrine—each scene brightening as purity is established.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rituals and pilgrimages become spiritually effective when grounded in ethical purification (abandoning faults).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is framed within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya, emphasizing that tīrtha-fruit depends on inner purity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, sandhyā, japa, homa, pitṛ/deva/ṛṣi-tarpaṇa, śrāddha, and deva-pūjā are explicitly listed.