Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यत्र तत्र नरः स्नात्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च

Transliteration

yatra tatra naraḥ snātvā svargaloke mahīyate | aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca

Translation

जो कोणी तेथे स्नान करतो, तो स्वर्गलोकी मान पावतो. तेथील पुण्य सहस्र अश्वमेध व शत वाजपेय यज्ञांच्या तुल्य सांगितले आहे.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक: ‘where’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक: ‘there’

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyā (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) + tvā (त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• svarga: heaven
• svarga: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• loke: in the heavenly world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (svarga+loka)

• mahīyate: is honored/exalted
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mahī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः: ‘is honored/glorified’

• aśvamedha: Aśvamedha sacrifice
• aśvamedha: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• sahasrasya: of a thousand (Aśvamedhas)
• sahasrasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (aśvamedha+sahasra)

• vājapeya: Vājapeya sacrifice
• vājapeya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājapeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगभेद), समासाङ्ग

• śatasya: of a hundred (Vājapeyas)
• śatasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (vājapeya+śata)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction): ‘and’

Speaker

Śiva (to Devī/Umā, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed devotee (context continues with 'priye' in later verse, suggesting a dialogue to a beloved/consort figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a luminous coastal/sacred water-edge within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; above them, celestial beings honour the bather, while symbolic fire-altars hint at Aśvamedha and Vājapeya merits.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Snāna
• Svarga
• Aśvamedha
• Vājapeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā, when done with faith, can confer immense puṇya—praised as surpassing or equalling great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its bathing places/waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Prabhāsa sacred waters, praised for extraordinary sacrificial-equivalent merit.