Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां नरस्तत्र यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नृप । स कुलानि समुद्धृत्य दश याति दिवं ततः । स्नानेनव विपापत्वं तत्क्षणादेव जायते

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ narastatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute nṛpa | sa kulāni samuddhṛtya daśa yāti divaṃ tataḥ | snānenava vipāpatvaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva jāyate

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ! അവിടെ ഏകാദശിദിനത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്താൽ, അവൻ തന്റെ വംശത്തിലെ പത്ത് തലമുറകളെ ഉയർത്തി പിന്നീട് സ്വർഗ്ഗഗാമികളാക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ പാപമുക്തി ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the eleventh (lunar day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/काल), एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb): there

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Relative pronoun)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• kurute: performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kulāni: families/lineages
• kulāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)

• samuddhṛtya: having rescued
• samuddhṛtya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ud-√hṛ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): having lifted up/rescued

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; परिमाणविशेषण (Numeral; Accusative Plural)

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• divam: to heaven
• divam: Gati-Karma (Destination/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): then/thereafter

• snānena: by bathing
• snānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): indeed

• vipāpatvam: sinlessness/purity
• vipāpatvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-pāpa-tva: vipāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + tva (त्व)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (वि + पाप = पापरहित), तद्धितान्त भाववाचक (त्व), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• tatkṣaṇāt: from that moment
• tatkṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत् + क्षण), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular): from that very moment

• eva: just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): just/indeed

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate section context; Adhyāya 24 explicitly begins with Pulastya speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a bright riverbank/ghāṭa: one performs snāna while another offers piṇḍa and water-libations; subtle ancestral presence above, ascending toward heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Śuklatīrtha
• Ekādaśī
• Śrāddha
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma links personal purification with ancestral responsibility: tīrtha-snāna and śrāddha together become liberating acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha, praised for granting immediate purification and ancestral uplift through Ekādaśī śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at the site on Ekādaśī; bathe in the tīrtha-water to gain instant freedom from sin.