Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अत्र स्नानेन दानेन यथा शक्त्या जितेंद्रियः । होमेन विधिपुक्तेन नरः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

atra snānena dānena yathā śaktyā jiteṃdriyaḥ | homena vidhipuktena naraḥ svargamavāpnuyāt

Translation

Ici, par le bain et le don selon sa capacité, les sens maîtrisés, et par le homa accompli selon la règle, l’homme obtient le ciel.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक — here

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — by bathing

• दानेन: by giving (charity)
• दानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — by giving/charity

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/standard)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/उपमानवाचक — as/according to

• शक्त्या: by ability
• शक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — by (one's) ability

• जितेन्द्रियः: self-controlled
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त, √जि) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — whose senses are conquered (self-controlled)

• होमेन: by (performing) homa
• होमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — by oblation/ritual offering

• विधिपुक्तेन: according to proper rite
• विधिपुक्तेन: Visheshana (Qualifier of 'होमेन')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि + पुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √पुच्/पुज्? पाठभेद-संभव; अर्थतः 'युक्त/समन्वित')
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — with proper rule/according to injunction

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — man

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — heaven

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — may attain

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarayū–Ghargharā Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim completes a sequence: bath at confluence, offers dāna to a brāhmaṇa, sits with controlled posture, and performs a small homa with ladle and fire altar on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgama
• Svarga
• Homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When pilgrimage is joined with self-control, charity, and properly performed ritual, it yields strong spiritual fruit culminating in svarga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘here’ refers to the Saṅgama tīrtha in Ayodhyā, especially the Sarayū–Ghargharā confluence context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, dāna according to means, and vidhi-enjoined homa, undertaken with sense-restraint (jitendriya).