Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

चन्द्रप्रभासे यो गत्वा स्नानं विधिवदाचरेत् । व्याधिना नाभिभूतः स्यात्क्षयरोगेण वा युतः

Transliteration

candraprabhāse yo gatvā snānaṃ vidhivadācaret | vyādhinā nābhibhūtaḥ syātkṣayarogeṇa vā yutaḥ

Translation

ಚಂದ್ರಪ್ರಭಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡುವವನು, ರೋಗದಿಂದ ಅಣಗಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಕ್ಷಯರೋಗದಿಂದಲೂ ಪೀಡಿತನಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

• चन्द्रप्रभासे: at Candraprabhāsa (tīrtha)
• चन्द्रप्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रप्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) = चन्द्र + प्रभास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘चन्द्रस्य प्रभासः’ (स्थाननाम)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; ‘having gone’

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

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb) ‘according to rule’

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आचर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• व्याधिना: by disease
• व्याधिना: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अभिभूतः: overpowered/afflicted
• अभिभूतः: Karta (Predicate complement with स्यात्/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘overpowered’

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• क्षयरोगेण: by consumption (TB)
• क्षयरोगेण: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षयरोग (प्रातिपदिक) = क्षय + रोग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘क्षयस्य रोगः’

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• युतः: associated with
• युतः: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘joined with/possessed of’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candraprabhāsa

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied by adjacent vocatives in the passage cluster)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous tīrtha pool/river bend named Candraprabhāsa, shimmering as if lit by moonlight even in daytime; pilgrims perform vidhivat snāna with folded hands; a subtle icon of Śiva nearby; the atmosphere suggests relief from illness and renewed vitality.

Characters & Entities

• Candraprabhāsa
• Kṣaya-roga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and faith at a praised tīrtha are portrayed as bringing both spiritual and bodily protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candraprabhāsa tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat snāna—bathing performed in the proper prescribed manner at the tīrtha.