Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अत्रागत्य नरः स्नानं यः करिष्यति भक्तितः । स यास्यति परं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

atrāgatya naraḥ snānaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati bhaktitaḥ | sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

ആർ ഇവിടെ വന്ന് ഭക്തിയോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുമോ, അവൻ ദേവ മഹേശ്വരൻ വസിക്കുന്ന പരമസ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• करिष्यति: will do/perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्तितः: with devotion/devotionally
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

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

• यास्यति: will go
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम्: supreme/highest
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devas (collectively), proclaiming the tīrtha-phala (benefit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaśāpāna

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee enters the sacred reservoir with folded hands, bathing reverently; above, a subtle vision of Maheśvara’s luminous realm or Śiva’s presence is suggested, indicating the promised ‘parama sthāna’.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing at a sanctified tīrtha is presented as a direct path to Śiva’s highest realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred bathing-place (tīrtha) just described within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (linked to Śaśāpāna in the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with bhakti (devotion) at this spot.