Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । य इच्छेच्छाश्वतं श्रेयो नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret | ya icchecchāśvataṃ śreyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് സർവ്വപ്രയത്നത്തോടും കൂടി അവിടെ സ്നാനം നിർബന്ധമായി ആചരിക്കണം. ശാശ്വത ശ്രേയസ്സിനെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ ഇതിൽ സംശയമോ മടിയോ വെക്കരുത്।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna-bhāva (Causal/ablatival sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोग (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समास: सर्व + प्रयत्न (कर्मधारय: ‘सर्वः प्रयत्नः’)

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

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

• समाचरेत्: should perform/practice
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• इच्छेत्: would desire
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शाश्वतम्: eternal
• शाश्वतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘श्रेयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• श्रेयः: the highest good
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (इच्छेत् इत्यस्य कर्म)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्यय: यत् (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘विचारणा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• विचारणा: deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha (implied locus of ‘tatra’)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājendra/mahārāja addressed in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approaching a sacred waterbody at dawn, performing ācamana and entering the tīrtha with folded hands; a subtle divine presence sanctifies the waters as the text urges ‘sarva-prayatnena’ snāna.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇatīrtha/Kṛṣṇahrada (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a tīrtha is praised by scripture, decisive practice—especially sacred bathing—becomes a clear path to lasting spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇatīrtha/Kṛṣṇahrada in the Arbuda region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) there ‘with all effort’ (sarva-prayatnena), as a recommended observance for śreyas.