Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

नरो वा यदि वा नारी विधिवत्स्नानमाचरेत् । स्वर्गलोकनिवासो हि भवेत्तस्य न संशयः

Transliteration

naro vā yadi vā nārī vidhivatsnānamācaret | svargalokanivāso hi bhavettasya na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

男であれ女であれ、法にかなって儀礼の沐浴を行うなら、その者は必ず天界に住する—疑いはない。

Word by Word

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

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: “or”)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha/Condition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional: “if”)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: “or”)

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: “according to rule/rite”)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• आचरेत्: should perform/practise
• आचरेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वर्गलोकनिवासः: dwelling in the heavenly world
• स्वर्गलोकनिवासः: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गलोक-निवास (प्रातिपदिक; स्वर्गलोक + निवास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle: “indeed/for”)

• भवेत्: would be / should occur
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तस्य: of him/her
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (लिङ्गानपेक्ष)

• न: not
• न: Negation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Ayodhyāmāhātmya narrator; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a listener)

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed sacred bathing (snāna) is upheld as a direct means to great merit and higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Ayodhyāmāhātmya, the praise is directed toward the Ayodhyā sacred bathing context, especially the Sarayū and its tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat snāna—bathing performed according to rule and rite.