Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अत्र मे सततं वासो भविष्यति द्विजोत्तम । यस्मात्तस्मात्सदा स्नानं कर्तव्यं सुसमाहितैः

Transliteration

atra me satataṃ vāso bhaviṣyati dvijottama | yasmāttasmātsadā snānaṃ kartavyaṃ susamāhitaiḥ

Translation

โอ พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ ที่นี่จักเป็นที่พำนักของเราตลอดกาล เพราะเหตุนั้น ผู้มีจิตตั้งมั่นและสำรวมพึงอาบน้ำชำระกาย ณ ที่นี้เป็นนิตย์

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सततम्: always/constantly
• सततम्: Kāla (Continuity/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial use of adjective)

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तमः)

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done / obligatory
• कर्तव्यम्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• सुसमाहितैः: by the well-composed (people)
• सुसमाहितैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + समाहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्तृकरणभावे (by well-collected/attentive persons)

Speaker

Sarasvatī (contextual continuation of tīrtha declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṇḍodaka-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king) as primary listener in frame; dvijottama addressed within the scene

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene tīrtha on a mountain foothill; Devī’s invisible yet palpable presence is suggested by a luminous aura over the waters while composed pilgrims prepare for ritual bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Snāna
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is powerful because of sustained divine presence; disciplined, mindful practice is the proper way to receive its fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī-abiding tīrtha in the Arbuda region, established as a place of continual divine residence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular snāna at this tīrtha, to be done with a composed and focused mind (su-samāhita).