Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

स्नानं दानं विशेषेण सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

snānaṃ dānaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ການອາບນ້ຳ ແລະ ການໃຫ້ທານ ໂດຍພິເສດ ເປັນຜູ້ທຳລາຍບາບທັງປວງ.

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma/Visaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समुच्चित-विषय (co-ordinated item)

• दानम्: giving, charity
• दानम्: Karma/Visaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समुच्चित-विषय

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषणभावः (adverbial instrumental) = ‘especially’

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समासः—सर्वपातकस्य नाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); ‘स्नानं दानं’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context) / Citrapathā tīrtha (immediate context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the tīrtha and then offer charity to brahmins, the poor, and temple-servants; the atmosphere is orderly, pure, and auspicious.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is both inward and outward: sacred bathing and selfless giving together remove moral and ritual impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is framed within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s tīrtha context (the river described in this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (holy bathing) and dāna (charity), highlighted as especially efficacious.