Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

जीवेद्वर्षेशतान्येव त्रीणि दुःखविवर्जितः । वर्षत्रयमविच्छिन्नं यस्तत्र स्नानमाचरेत्

Transliteration

jīvedvarṣeśatānyeva trīṇi duḥkhavivarjitaḥ | varṣatrayamavicchinnaṃ yastatra snānamācaret

Translation

അവിടെ മൂന്നു വർഷം ഇടവിടാതെ സ്നാനം ആചരിക്കുന്നവൻ, ദുഃഖവിവർജിതനായി മൂന്നു നൂറു വർഷം ജീവിക്കും।

Word by Word

• जीवेत्: would live/should live
• जीवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘should live’

• वर्षशतानि: hundreds of years
• वर्षशतानि: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative plural; कालपरिमाण (extent of time)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative plural; संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• दुःखविवर्जितः: free from suffering
• दुःखविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण (of the person)

• वर्षत्रयम्: three years
• वर्षत्रयम्: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कालपरिमाण

• अविच्छिन्नम्: uninterrupted
• अविच्छिन्नम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविच्छिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषण (of ‘three years’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun; कर्ता

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘should perform/practise’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (snāna-sthāna within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-keeper bathing daily at dawn for years: repeated sunrise motifs, a calendar-like rhythm; the pilgrim appears youthful despite time, surrounded by serene waters and temple steps.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, uninterrupted tīrtha-practice (especially snāna) is praised as a source of extraordinary puṇya that removes suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (the sacred Prabhāsa region) as presented in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform continuous (avicchinna) ritual bathing at the tīrtha for three full years.