Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ये स्नानमाचरिष्यंति तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नियमान्विताः । ते यांति परमां सिद्धिं ब्रह्मणः परमं पदम्

Transliteration

ye snānamācariṣyaṃti tīrthe'sminniyamānvitāḥ | te yāṃti paramāṃ siddhiṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ padam

Translation

നിയമങ്ങളോടുകൂടി ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ആചരിക്കുന്നവർ പരമസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു—ബ്രഹ്മന്റെ പരമപദം കൈവരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• ācariṣyanti: will perform/practice
• ācariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√car (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Simple future, 3rd pl.

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular

• niyamānvitāḥ: endowed with observances
• niyamānvitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from anu-√i/√vī?)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नियमैः अन्विताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural qualifying ye

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Correlative pronoun

• yānti: go/attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Present, 3rd pl.

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular qualifying siddhim

• siddhim: attainment/perfection
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahman/Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular qualifying padam

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (snāna-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience/ṛṣi assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Prabhāsa tīrtha with visible signs of observance—simple clothing, calm faces, prayer beads; above them a luminous, formless radiance symbolizes brahma-pada, suggesting attainment beyond ritual into transcendence.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• snāna
• Brahman (brahma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage rituals bear their highest fruit when joined with ethical discipline (niyama), culminating in liberation-oriented attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Sarasvatī in Adhyāya 270.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, explicitly to be done with niyamas (vows/observances).