Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

माघस्नानान्नरो याति विष्णुलोकं सनातनम् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति समभ्यर्च्य जनार्द्दनम्

Transliteration

māghasnānānnaro yāti viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti samabhyarcya janārddanam

Translation

മാഘസ്നാനത്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സനാതനമായ വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തിൽ എത്തുന്നു; ജനാർദ്ദനനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിച്ച് എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• माघस्नानात्: from/through Māgha-bathing
• माघस्नानात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; माघ + स्नान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णुलोकम्: Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘विष्णोः लोकः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (विष्णुलोकम्)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कामान्)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोति: obtains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समभ्यर्च्य: having duly worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अभि-अर्च् (धातु) → समभ्यर्च्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative convention within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee emerges from Māgha bath, then offers flowers, lamp, and tulasī at Janārdana’s shrine; above, a vision of Viṣṇu-loka/Vaikuṇṭha opens—radiant Vishnu with attendants—signifying the promised destination and fulfilled aims.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Janārdana
• Māgha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified bathing and wholehearted worship of Janārdana together lead to both worldly fulfillment and the highest spiritual destination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred landscape centered on Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu) and the Gomatī tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Māgha snāna (ritual bath in Māgha) and proper worship (arcana) of Janārdana.