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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्नानं दानं जपो होमो देवपूजा द्विजार्चनम् । अक्षयं जायते सर्वं विधिवच्चेद्भवेत्कृतम्

Transliteration

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homo devapūjā dvijārcanam | akṣayaṃ jāyate sarvaṃ vidhivaccedbhavetkṛtam

Translation

Mandi suci (di tempat keramat), bersedekah, japa (zikir/mantra), homa (persembahan api), pemujaan para dewa, dan penghormatan kepada para Brāhmaṇa—apabila dilakukan menurut tata cara yang benar, semuanya menjadi pahala yang tidak habis-habis.

Word by Word
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karta (Subject: bathing)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
दानम्charity
दानम्:
Karta (Subject: giving)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
जपःjapa; repetition (of mantra)
जपः:
Karta (Subject: recitation)
TypeNoun
Rootजप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
होमःhoma; fire-offering
होमः:
Karta (Subject: oblation)
TypeNoun
Rootहोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
देवपूजाworship of the deity
देवपूजा:
Karta (Subject: worship)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवस्य पूजा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)
द्विजार्चनम्honoring (worship of) Brahmins
द्विजार्चनम्:
Karta (Subject: honoring)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य अर्चनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
अक्षयम्imperishable
अक्षयम्:
Predicate (result-quality)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनञ्-समासवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular); विधेय-विशेषण
जायतेarises; becomes
जायते:
Kriya (action)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन (3rd person singular)
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject: everything)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
विधिवत्according to proper procedure
विधिवत्:
Kriya-visheshana (adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb: 'according to rule')
चेत्if
चेत्:
Sambandha (condition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formशर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')
भवेत्should be; would be
भवेत्:
Kriya (action in conditional clause)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन (3rd person singular)
कृतम्done; performed
कृतम्:
Predicate complement (state: done)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'done'
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha-ghāṭa scene: pilgrims bathing, a yajña-kuṇḍa with homa flames, a devotee doing japa, offerings to a deity, and respectful honoring of brāhmaṇas—radiating a sense of ‘akṣaya’ merit.

Characters & Entities
V
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
D
Devas
D
Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

When sacred acts are done properly (vidhivat), their merit becomes akṣaya—spiritually inexhaustible.

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsa region, is praised as a place where common rites yield imperishable fruit.

Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, deva-pūjā, and dvija-arcana—performed according to prescribed rules.

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