Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्र प्रकर्तव्यं माधवे यत्नतो नरैः । स्नानं दानं हरिः पूज्यो ब्राह्मणाश्च विशेषतः । तीर्थे कृतेऽत्र मनुजैः सर्वकामफलप्रदः

Transliteration

tasmādatra prakartavyaṃ mādhave yatnato naraiḥ | snānaṃ dānaṃ hariḥ pūjyo brāhmaṇāśca viśeṣataḥ | tīrthe kṛte'tra manujaiḥ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ

Translation

Oleh itu, pada bulan Mādhava (Vaiśākha), manusia hendaklah bersungguh-sungguh melaksanakan di sini: mandi suci dan bersedekah; Hari hendaklah dipuja, dan para Brāhmaṇa hendaklah dihormati khususnya. Apabila amalan ini dilakukan di tīrtha ini, ia menganugerahkan hasil bagi segala hajat manusia.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ; 'therefore/from that'

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

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: should be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (कृ धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तव्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः 'to be done'

• माधवे: in Mādhava (month of Mādhava)
• माधवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• यत्नतः: with effort, diligently
• यत्नतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिलन्त-क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• नरैः: by men/people
• नरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दानम्: charity, giving
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पूज्यः: should be worshipped
• पूज्यः: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (पूज् धातु) → पूज्य (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (पूज्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः 'to be worshipped'

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिलन्त-क्रियाविशेषण

• तीर्थे: at/in the sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कृते: when performed/done
• कृते: Kriya-vishesana (Circumstantial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृ धातु) → कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'when done'

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• मनुजैः: by humans
• मनुजैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वकामफलप्रदः: giver of the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक); प्रद = प्र + दा (दा धातु) → प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वकामानां फलस्य प्रदः)

Speaker

Narrator (Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A structured pilgrimage day: devotees bathe at the ghat, then offer lamps and flowers to Hari in a shrine, distribute alms, and feed brāhmaṇas under a pavilion; the tīrtha is depicted as granting boons symbolically (kalpavṛkṣa/overflowing pot).

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Mādhava (Vaiśākha)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Diligent Vaiśākha observance—bathing, charity, Viṣṇu-worship, and honoring Brāhmaṇas—becomes highly fruitful when done at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Ayodhyā Māhātmya section (Ayodhyā sacred region), praised as wish-fulfilling when properly approached.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bath), dāna (charity), Hari-pūjā (worship of Viṣṇu), and special honoring of Brāhmaṇas—especially in Vaiśākha.