Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अत्र स्नानं च दानं च जपो होमस्तपोऽथवा । सर्वमक्षयतां याति विधानेन शुचिस्मिते

Transliteration

atra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca japo homastapo'thavā | sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti vidhānena śucismite

Translation

Ici, le bain sacré et l’aumône, la récitation (japa), les oblations du homa ou l’austérité—tout, accompli selon la règle prescrite, devient impérissable, ô toi au sourire pur.

Word by Word

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• dānam: charity
• dānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• japaḥ: recitation (japa)
• japaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• homaḥ: fire-offering (homa)
• homaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• sarvam: all (of these)
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (समुच्चित-कर्माणि)

• akṣayatām: to imperishability
• akṣayatām: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-प्राप्त्यर्थक कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣayatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम; गत्यर्थक्रियायां गन्तव्य-प्राप्ति (attainment)

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vidhānena: by (proper) procedure
• vidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम् (means)

• śucismite: O pure-smiling one
• śucismite: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuci-smita (प्रातिपदिक; शुचि + स्मित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/संबोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुचि इति विशेषणम् + स्मितम्)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sītā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the steps of a lotus pond, devotees bathe, then give alms, chant on mālā, offer homa into a small fire altar, and sit in tapas—each act shown as turning into a shining, indestructible jewel of merit rising upward.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Sītākuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed dharmic acts at a sanctified place yield enduring (akṣaya) spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sītākuṇḍa in the Ayodhyā Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, and tapas—performed with vidhāna (proper rules).