Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यन्ति सुपुण्ये सलिलाश्रये । ते यांस्यंति परं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyanti supuṇye salilāśraye | te yāṃsyaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

जे येथे या अतिपुण्य जलाश्रयात स्नान करतील, ते जरा-मरणरहित परम धामास पोहोचतील।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धि-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

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

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• सुपुण्ये: in the very meritorious (place)
• सुपुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक; सु + पुण्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the locus)

• सलिलाश्रये: in the water-resort / in the watery abode
• सलिलाश्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सलिलस्य आश्रयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थानम्: abode / place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• जरामरणवर्जितम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा + मरण + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वर्ज्/वृज् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; जरा-मरणाभ्यां वर्जितम् (तृतीया/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-salila-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī; King as frame-listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend to a clear sacred pool/stream at the mountain’s foot, performing snāna with folded hands; above, the peak glows, suggesting the ‘supreme abode’ as a radiant horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Īśānī-śikhara
• Tīrtha (salila-āśraya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bathing (tīrtha-snāna) is portrayed as a powerful purifier that supports the soul’s ascent toward the deathless state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred water-source associated with Īśānī-śikhara in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the holy water-reservoir of the site.