Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यक्पातकैश्च प्रमुच्यते । तत्र श्राद्धेन राजेंद्र तुष्टा यांति पितामहाः

Transliteration

tatra snāto naraḥ samyakpātakaiśca pramucyate | tatra śrāddhena rājeṃdra tuṣṭā yāṃti pitāmahāḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้นโดยถูกต้อง ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง และเมื่อประกอบพิธีศราทธะ ณ ที่นั้น ข้าแต่พระราชา บรรพชนย่อมยินดีอิ่มเอมแล้วจากไปอย่างสันติ

Word by Word

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

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: properly)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

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

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

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

• श्राद्धेन: by (performing) śrāddha
• श्राद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• तुष्टाः: satisfied
• तुष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• पितामहाः: forefathers/ancestors
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Characters & Entities

• Mahākuṇḍa (implied)
• Pitṛs/forefathers
• Rājendra (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practices purify the practitioner and also fulfill duty to ancestors through śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahākuṇḍa, the pure sin-destroying sacred pool introduced in the previous verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform proper snāna at the kuṇḍa for pāpa-kṣaya, and offer śrāddha there for pitṛ-tṛpti (ancestor satisfaction).