Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा कृष्णह्रदे पुण्ये तल्लिंगं पश्यते तु यः । सर्वतीर्थोद्भवं श्रेयः स मर्त्त्यो लभतेऽखिलम्

Transliteration

snātvā kṛṣṇahrade puṇye talliṃgaṃ paśyate tu yaḥ | sarvatīrthodbhavaṃ śreyaḥ sa marttyo labhate'khilam

Translation

ผู้ใดสรงสนานในกฤษณหรทอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ แล้วได้เฝ้าดูลึงค์นั้น ผู้นั้นในโลกมนุษย์ย่อมได้รับบุญกุศลอันประเสริฐซึ่งบังเกิดจากตีรถะทั้งปวงอย่างครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना, अर्थे: स्नानं कृत्वा (having bathed)

• कृष्णह्रदे: in the Kṛṣṇa lake
• कृष्णह्रदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समास: कृष्ण + ह्रद (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः; ‘कृष्णः ह्रदः’)

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘कृष्णह्रदे’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यते: sees
• पश्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• सर्वतीर्थोद्भवम्: arising from all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थोद्भवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (contextually ‘श्रेयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्); समास: सर्वतीर्थ + उद्भव (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वतीर्थेभ्यः उद्भवः’)

• श्रेयः: supreme good/merit
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• मर्त्यः: mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अखिलम्: everything
• अखिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-hrada (within Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha)

Type: kund (hrada)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva-śārdūla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathing in a clear sacred pool amid mountain scenery; nearby stands a liṅga shrine. Light reflects on water; the act culminates in folded-hands darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇahrada
• Liṅga
• Kṛṣṇatīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Snāna and darśana at a divinely-founded tīrtha can bestow the consolidated merit of many pilgrimages when done with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇahrada (the sacred pool/lake) and the liṅga associated with it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Kṛṣṇahrada and then behold (darśana) the installed liṅga.