Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तयोस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा स्नानं चक्रे त्वरान्वितः । स्नात्वा चावश्यकं कर्म कर्तुमारभत द्विजः

Transliteration

tayostu vacanaṃ śrutvā snānaṃ cakre tvarānvitaḥ | snātvā cāvaśyakaṃ karma kartumārabhata dvijaḥ

Translation

ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਬਚਨ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗਾ। ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਦਵਿਜ਼ ਨੇ ਨਿਤ-ਕਰਤਵ੍ਯ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਨੇ ਆਰੰਭ ਕੀਤੇ।

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• वचनम्: the words/command
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), पूर्वकाल

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

• चक्रे: did/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्वरान्वितः: hastened, with haste
• त्वरान्वितः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied subject)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आवश्यकम्: necessary
• आवश्यकम्: Karma-visheshana (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आवश्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘karma’)

• कर्म: duty/rite
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• आरभत: began
• आरभत: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रभ् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• द्विजः: the brāhmaṇa
• द्विजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, having heard counsel, hastens to a sacred water-edge at Dvārakā; he performs snāna and then begins calm, methodical obligatory rites (sandhyā/japa) with wet garments and a focused gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (Durvāsā, by context)
• Snāna
• Āvaśyaka-karma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed by disciplined follow-through: sacred bathing should be joined with one’s obligatory dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The implied location is the Gomati–samudra saṅgama tīrtha in the Dvārakā-māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) followed by āvaśyaka/nitya karma (obligatory rites and duties) is explicitly stated.