Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तत्तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थानां प्रवरं लोकविश्रुतम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत्

Transliteration

tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ lokaviśrutam | tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret

Translation

ตถีรถนั้นเป็นยอดแห่งตถีรถทั้งปวง เลื่องลือไปทั่วโลก ฉะนั้นพึงเพียรพยายามทุกประการเพื่ออาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थम्: holy place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: of all holy places
• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि)

• प्रवरम्: the best
• प्रवरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• लोकविश्रुतम्: world-renowned
• लोकविश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (लोके विश्रुतम् = renowned in the world)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (therefore/from that)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• समाचरेत्: should perform/practice
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhrada (by immediate context)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A herald-like sage points toward the shining waters of the tīrtha, while pilgrims prepare for bathing with water pots and clean cloth; the mountain and shrine stand as witnesses to the injunction.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a tīrtha is declared supreme, the proper response is earnest practice—pilgrimage becomes a disciplined spiritual act, not mere travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same celebrated tīrtha in this passage—Māmuhrada/Mudgaleśvara’s associated sacred bathing place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) is explicitly enjoined, to be done with full effort and sincerity.