Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पितॄणां जायते तृप्तिर्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत्

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptiryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret

Translation

അവിടെ പിതൃകളുടെ തൃപ്തി മഹാപ്രളയം വരെയും നിലനിൽക്കും. അതിനാൽ എല്ലാ ശ്രമത്തോടെയും ആ സ്ഥലത്ത് വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ആചരിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (until/as long as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: up to the cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—आभूत (यावत्-पर्यन्तं भूतानाम्) + संप्लव (प्रलय)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत्; अपादानार्थक-निपात (therefore/from that reason)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वस्य प्रयत्नः (पूर्ण-प्रयत्न)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• समाचरेत्: should perform/practise
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Govinda (Viṣṇu), as reported by Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda sacred lake (pitṛ-tṛpti tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the lakebank, offerings to ancestors are made—water libations with sesame, piṇḍa offerings—while the sky subtly suggests vast cosmic time (sun, moon, and stars), implying the promise of enduring pitṛ satisfaction; the verse ends with an injunction urging determined bathing.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛs (ancestors)
• ābhūtasaṃplava
• Vārāha Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to ancestors is magnified by sacred place; tīrtha-bathing becomes an enduring act of dharma benefiting pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing spot at Vārāha Tīrtha, described as extraordinarily effective for pitṛ-satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, emphasized as a must-do practice with full effort.