Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

माघे मासि च यः स्नायान्नैरंतर्येण भावितः । पौंडरीकफलं तस्य दिवसेदिवसे भवेत्

Transliteration

māghe māsi ca yaḥ snāyānnairaṃtaryeṇa bhāvitaḥ | pauṃḍarīkaphalaṃ tasya divasedivase bhavet

Translation

മാഘമാസത്തിൽ ഇടവിടാതെ നിയമപൂർവ്വം ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവന് പൗണ്ഡരീക (മഹാപുണ്യ) ഫലം ദിനംപ്രതി ലഭിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കും।

Word by Word

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘माघे’ (in Māgha)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘मासि’ (in the month)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘he should bathe’

• नैरन्तर्येण: with continuity; without break
• नैरन्तर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरन्तर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘without interruption’ (as manner/instrument)

• भावितः: endowed/imbued (with devotion/discipline)
• भावितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित (कृदन्त; √भू/भाव् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — qualifying ‘यः’

• पौण्डरीकफलम्: the fruit (merit) equal to a Puṇḍarīka-sacrifice
• पौण्डरीकफलम्: Karma/Phala (Object-result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौण्डरीक + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः (पौण्डरीकस्य फलम्)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of him’

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — used in repetition with ‘दिवसे’

• दिवसे: (on) each day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘day by day’ (reduplication)

• भवेत्: would arise; would accrue
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘would be/should occur’

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator framing the dialogue; tīrtha-vrata timing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (Māgha-snāna context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: the same devotee bathing day after day in Māgha dawns; each day a lotus (pauṇḍarīka) motif blooms brighter, symbolizing accumulating merit.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (month)
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency in sacred practice (niyama) during auspicious time yields accumulating merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s bathing tradition, especially emphasized during Māgha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nirantara Māgha-snāna—regular, uninterrupted bathing as a vrata-like observance.