Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वत्र यत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । पूजयित्वा च तल्लिंगं शिवलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

tasmātsarvatra yatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret | pūjayitvā ca talliṃgaṃ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് എല്ലായ്പ്പോഴും പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ അവിടെ സ്നാനം ആചരിക്കണം; ആ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ അവൻ ശിവലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूतः (ablatival adverb), हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), देशवाचक—‘everywhere’

• यत्नेन: with effort
• यत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), स्थानवाचक—‘there’

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Goal as object/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक) = शिव + लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: शिवस्य लोकः)

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

• गच्छति: goes, attains
• गच्छति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrakarṇa-hrada and Bhadrakarṇa-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhadrakarṇa / general audience of pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacherly proclamation: pilgrims line up at the lake for snāna, then offer flowers and lamps to the liṅga; above, a symbolic Śiva-loka is depicted as a luminous realm, indicating the promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Liṅga
• Śivaloka
• Bhadrakarṇa Hrada (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent sacred practice—bathing at the tīrtha and worshiping the liṅga—bears transcendent fruit, culminating in Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Arbuda tīrtha centered on Bhadrakarṇa Lake and its liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the tīrtha and liṅga-pūjā (worship of the liṅga).