Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

देहांते प्रययौ मुक्तिं स्नानात्पापविनाशने । पितापि तत्र स्नानेन देहांते मुक्तिमाप्तवान्

Transliteration

dehāṃte prayayau muktiṃ snānātpāpavināśane | pitāpi tatra snānena dehāṃte muktimāptavān

Translation

ജീവിതാന്തത്തിൽ പാപവിനാശനത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത ഫലമായി അവൻ മുക്തി പ്രാപിച്ചു. പിതാവും അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ദേഹാന്തത്തിൽ മോക്ഷം നേടി.

Word by Word

• देहान्ते: at the end of the body (at death)
• देहान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देहस्य अन्ते)

• प्रययौ: went/attained
• प्रययौ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• स्नानात्: from/through bathing
• स्नानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• पापविनाशने: at (the tīrtha) Pāpavināśana
• पापविनाशने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करणार्थे (instrumental)

• देहान्ते: at death
• देहान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्तवान्: obtained
• आप्तवान्: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) + तवतु (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक कर्तरि कृदन्त (past active participle, तवतु), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāpavināśana

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures—son and father—are shown at different life stages, both having bathed at Pāpavināśana; at life’s end, their subtle bodies rise in a calm beam of light from the tīrtha waters, suggesting liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Pāpavināśana Tīrtha
• Mukti (Liberation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a highly praised tīrtha, especially via snāna, is presented as a direct cause for liberation at life’s end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāpavināśana tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Pāpavināśana, with mokṣa described as its culminating fruit.