Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अत्रागत्य नभस्येऽस्मिन्स्नातव्यं नियमेन हि । यत्र त्वं तत्र देवाश्च यज्ञास्तीर्थानि केशव

Transliteration

atrāgatya nabhasye'sminsnātavyaṃ niyamena hi | yatra tvaṃ tatra devāśca yajñāstīrthāni keśava

Translation

เมื่อมาถึงที่นี่ในเดือนนภัสนี้ พึงอาบน้ำตามวัตรและข้อปฏิบัติ เพราะที่ใดมีพระองค์ โอ้เกศวะ ที่นั่นย่อมมีเหล่าเทพ มีพิธียัญ และมีทีรถะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ด้วย

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• नभसि: in Nabhas (Bhādrapada month)
• नभसि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक ‘नभसि’ (भाद्रपदमासे)

• अस्मिन्: in this (time/place)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नातव्यम्: should be bathed / one must bathe
• स्नातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थे ‘one should bathe’

• नियमेन: with prescribed rule/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: there)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• केशव: O Keśava
• केशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gopīs

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopī-sara (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa instructs that in the month of Nabhāsya one must come and bathe with observance; the scene widens to suggest invisible presence of devas and yajñas wherever Kṛṣṇa stands.

Characters & Entities

• Gopīs
• Kṛṣṇa (Keśava)
• Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa month)
• Devas
• Yajña
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence sanctifies space and time; when Bhagavān is remembered or present, all sacredness converges there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā-region lake-tīrtha (Gopī-sara/Gopracāra) recommended for disciplined bathing in Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niyamena snāna—ritually disciplined bathing—specifically during the month of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa).