Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तिर्य्यग्योनिगता ये च ये च कीटत्वमागताः । स्नानमात्रेण ते सर्वे मुक्तिं यांति न संशयः

Transliteration

tiryyagyonigatā ye ca ye ca kīṭatvamāgatāḥ | snānamātreṇa te sarve muktiṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

തിര്യക്-യോണിയിൽ പോയവരും കീടത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചവരും—അവരൊക്കെയും സ്നാനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• तिर्यग्योनिगताः: those who have gone to animal births
• तिर्यग्योनिगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक्-योनि-गत (प्रातिपदिक; तिर्यक् + योनि + गत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समासभावः (तिर्यग्योनौ/तिर्यग्योनिं गताः = ‘gone to animal-womb’)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• कीटत्वम्: the state of being an insect/worm
• कीटत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीटत्व (प्रातिपदिक; कीट + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आगताः: have reached
• आगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + मात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘स्नानस्य मात्रम्’ = mere bathing)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth where the Gomatī meets the ocean, pilgrims bathe; the scene subtly includes animals and tiny insects near the waterline, suggesting even non-human beings are uplifted by the tirtha’s power; distant Dvārakā shrines and sea-waves frame the sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Tiryagyoni
• Kīṭa
• Snāna
• Mukti
• Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya emphasizes the extraordinary salvific power attributed to tīrtha-snāna at a supremely sacred confluence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomatī–Ocean confluence (Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama) celebrated in Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing/immersion) at the tīrtha, described as sufficient by itself for liberation in this phalaśruti.