Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अत्र कुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा यः पितॄंस्तर्पयिष्यति । अग्निष्टोमफलं सव लप्स्यते स च मानवः । तत्प्रसादात्स्वर्गलोके विमानेन चरिष्यति

Transliteration

atra kuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā yaḥ pitṝṃstarpayiṣyati | agniṣṭomaphalaṃ sava lapsyate sa ca mānavaḥ | tatprasādātsvargaloke vimānena cariṣyati

Translation

អ្នកណាដែលងូតទឹកក្នុងកុណ្ឌៈនេះ ហើយបន្ទាប់មកបូជាទឹកតರ್ಪណៈដល់បិតೃ (បុព្វបុរស) នោះនឹងទទួលបានផលពេញលេញនៃយញ្ញា អគ្និષ્ટោម។ ដោយព្រះគុណនៃបុណ្យនោះ គេនឹងដើរលេងនៅសួគ៌លោគ ដោយយានវិមានទេវៈ។

Word by Word

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

• kuṇḍe: in the pool
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• pitṝn: the ancestors
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• tarpayiṣyati: will satisfy (offer libations to)
• tarpayiṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (धातु) (णिच् causative: tarpay-)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• agniṣṭoma-phalam: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice
• agniṣṭoma-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• lapsyate: will obtain
• lapsyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• mānavaḥ: that human
• mānavaḥ: Apposition to Karta (सम्बन्ध/अभेद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tat-prasādāt: from/by the grace of that (tīrtha)
• tat-prasādāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• svarga-loke: in the heavenly world
• svarga-loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• vimānena: by an aerial chariot
• vimānena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• cariṣyati: will roam/move about
• cariṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √car (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Prabhāsa-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas (and by extension the audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands waist-deep in a lotus-filled kuṇḍa at Prabhāsa, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands; above, a radiant vimāna appears as a promise of svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Agniṣṭoma
• Svarga
• Vimāna
• Kuṇḍa (Brahmakuṇḍa context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna joined with Pitṛ-tarpaṇa is presented as a powerful dharmic act that yields sacrifice-like merit and uplifts the soul.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kuṇḍa at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa context of Adhyāya 147.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in the kuṇḍa followed by tarpaṇa (libations) to the Pitṛs.