Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानेन दानेन विष्णुलोकं व्रजेन्नरः

Transliteration

tatra snānena dānena viṣṇulokaṃ vrajennaraḥ

Translation

En s’y baignant et en y faisant l’aumône, l’homme parvient au monde de Viṣṇu (Viṣṇuloka).

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/अधिकरणवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• दानेन: by giving (charity)
• दानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• विष्णु-लोकम्: Vishnu's world
• विष्णु-लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकम्)

• व्रजेत्: would go, attains
• व्रजेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नरः: a man, person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the ghāṭa, then offer dāna to brāhmaṇas/poor; above, a vision of Viṣṇuloka/Vaikuṇṭha as the promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha (implied)
• Viṣṇuloka
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by ethical action—purification through snāna and generosity through dāna—leading toward liberation-oriented attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Ayodhyā (the immediately preceding tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at the tīrtha and dāna (charitable giving) are prescribed as merit-producing acts.