Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

करिष्यति नरः स्नानं तस्य नाहिकृतं भयम् । भविष्यति पुनः श्राद्धात्पितॄन्संतारयिष्यति

Transliteration

kariṣyati naraḥ snānaṃ tasya nāhikṛtaṃ bhayam | bhaviṣyati punaḥ śrāddhātpitṝnsaṃtārayiṣyati

Translation

ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യന് സർപ്പജന്യമായ ഭയം ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല. പിന്നെ ശ്രാദ്ധം ആചരിച്ചാൽ പിതൃന്മാരെ ക്ഷേമത്തിലേക്ക് കടത്തിവിടും.

Word by Word

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasya: of him, for him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (Masc/Neut), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• ahi-kṛtam: caused by a serpent
• ahi-kṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ahi (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृ धातु → क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘ahi-kṛta’ = by/caused by a serpent; क्त (PPP)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma/Pratiyogin (Object/thing negated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• punaḥ: again, further
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• śrāddhāt: from/through śrāddha (rite)
• śrāddhāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pitṝn: the ancestors (fathers)
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saṃtārayiṣyati: will deliver/lead across (liberate)
• saṃtārayiṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + tṛ (तॄ धातु) → saṃtārayati (णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (contextual within Arbudācala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as 'pārthiva-śārdūla' (tiger among kings) in the surrounding passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a mountain tīrtha beneath Arbuda’s rocky slopes; a symbolic serpent threat recedes; nearby, a śrāddha setting with piṇḍa offerings and tarpaṇa to pitṛs under Devī’s protective presence.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Nāgahrada
• Ahi (serpent)
• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is celebrated as both protective in this life (freedom from fear) and beneficent beyond (aid to ancestors).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgahrada tīrtha, praised for removing serpent-related fear and granting ancestral welfare.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, and performing śrāddha for the pitṛs.