Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यत्रतत्र नरः स्नात्वा सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । सारस्वतस्नानफलं लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yatratatra naraḥ snātvā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sārasvatasnānaphalaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ບ່ອນໃດກໍຕາມ ຜູ້ໃດອາບນ້ຳຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ດ້ວຍສັດທາອັນຖືກຕ້ອງແລະເຕັມປ່ຽມ ຍ່ອມໄດ້ຮັບຜົນແຫ່ງການອາບນ້ຳ “ສາຣັສວະຕະ” ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສ.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/relative adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/correlative adverb)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Sahakaraka (Instrumental sense in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• समन्वितः: endowed (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta-vishesana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘श्रद्धासमन्वितः’ इति बहुव्रीहिसदृश-योगे विशेषणम्

• सारस्वत: Sarasvata (pertaining to Sarasvatī)
• सारस्वत: Karma-vishesana (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• स्नान: bathing
• स्नान: Karma-vishesana (in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः: सारस्वत-स्नान-फलम् (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्भवः; अर्थतः ‘सारस्वतस्नानस्य फलम्’)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of negation)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (of implied ‘asti’) / Predicative noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata-snāna (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Multiple bathing scenes across the kṣetra: some at a river channel, some at a kunda, some at a well-fed tank; all shown with folded hands and calm faces, indicating śraddhā as the unifying element.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata-snana
• Sarasvatī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā (faithful intent) is central: sincere bathing in a sacred field yields tīrtha-merit even when done at various points within it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī-suffused zone of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where any bath is treated as Sārasvata-snana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with proper faith anywhere within the sacred region.