Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा तत्र वरारोहे पिण्डदानं ददाति यः । कुलकोटिं समुद्धृत्य रुद्रलोके महीयते

Transliteration

snātvā tatra varārohe piṇḍadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ | kulakoṭiṃ samuddhṛtya rudraloke mahīyate

Translation

ഹേ വരാരോഹേ ദേവി, അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പിണ്ഡദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ തന്റെ കുലകോടിയെ ഉയർത്തി രുദ്രലോകത്തിൽ മഹത്വത്തോടെ ആദരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरारोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समास: वर + आरोहा (श्रेष्ठा आरोहा)

• पिण्डदानम्: offering of funeral rice-balls
• पिण्डदानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्डदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: पिण्डस्य दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• कुलकोटिम्: a crore of lineages
• कुलकोटिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलकोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: कुलानां कोटिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• समुद्धृत्य: having uplifted/rescued
• समुद्धृत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: रुद्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahusuvarṇaka/Sarveśvara tīrtha (snāna + piṇḍadāna spot)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a sacred ghat near the Sarveśvara shrine, then offers piṇḍas on darbha grass with water libations; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving, and a distant vision of Rudraloka as a luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra-loka
• Piṇḍa-dāna
• Bahusuvarṇēśvara tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-rites are compassionate dharma: acts for ancestors elevate the entire lineage and lead the doer toward Rudra’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place and shrine area of Bahusuvarṇēśvara/Sarveśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) and piṇḍa-dāna (ancestral offering).