Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

नित्यं स्नानं च कुर्वीत श्वेतवस्त्राणि धारयेत् । यतिश्च ब्रह्मचारी च विधवा च विशेषतः

Transliteration

nityaṃ snānaṃ ca kurvīta śvetavastrāṇi dhārayet | yatiśca brahmacārī ca vidhavā ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ਨਿੱਤ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਚਿੱਟੇ ਵਸਤ੍ਰ ਧਾਰੇ—ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਾਰੀ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਧਵਾ।

Word by Word

• नित्यं: always, regularly
• नित्यं: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• स्नानं: bath, bathing
• स्नानं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• कुर्वीत: should do, should perform
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्वेतवस्त्राणि: white garments
• श्वेतवस्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्वेतानि वस्त्राणि)

• धारयेत्: should wear, should hold
• धारयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यतिः: an ascetic
• यतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate student (brahmacārin)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणि चारि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• विधवा: a widow
• विधवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (nitya-snāna and śukla-vastra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, pilgrims bathe at a Prabhāsa ghāṭa; a renunciant, a brahmacārin, and a widow are shown in simple white garments, carrying water-pots, proceeding toward Somnātha for worship.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity (śauca) and simplicity are core supports of successful pilgrimage vows.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such tīrtha-niyamas are recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily snāna (bathing) and wearing white garments, especially for yatis, brahmacārīs, and widows.