Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानादिकं सर्वं जपहोमादिकं च यत् । सर्वं कोटिगुणं राजंस्तत्प्रसादादसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatra snānādikaṃ sarvaṃ japahomādikaṃ ca yat | sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ rājaṃstatprasādādasaṃśayam

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น กรรมอันเริ่มด้วยการสรงน้ำ และสิ่งใดก็ตามที่กระทำ เช่น การสวดมนต์ภาวนา (ชปะ) และการบูชาไฟ (โหมะ) — ข้าแต่พระราชา ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งทีรถะนั้น ผลย่อมทวีเป็นโกฏิเท่า โดยไม่ต้องสงสัย

Word by Word

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

• स्नानादिकम्: bathing and the like
• स्नानादिकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आदि’समासान्त/तद्धितान्त: स्नानम् आदिः यस्य तत् (snāna and the like)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जपहोमादिकम्: japa, homa, and the like
• जपहोमादिकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; जप-होम इति द्वन्द्वः, तदन्ते ‘आदि’ (and the like)

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

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक यत्-शब्दः (relative pronoun)

• सर्वम्: all of it
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पूर्वोक्तसमुदायवाचक

• कोटिगुणम्: crore-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कोट्या गुणः = a crore-fold)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तत्प्रसादात्: from his/that (deity’s) grace
• तत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य प्रसादः)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नञ्-तत्पुरुषवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (certainly/without doubt)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan / nṛpaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim at a luminous tīrtha performs snāna; nearby brāhmaṇas chant japa while a small homa fire burns; the tīrtha is personified as a radiant presence bestowing ‘koti’ merit.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place transforms ordinary dharma into amplified merit; tīrtha-grace is presented as a multiplier of sincere practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha, where ritual actions are said to yield koṭi-guṇa (crore-fold) results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and allied rites such as japa (recitation) and homa (fire-offering), with the promise of multiplied fruit when done there.