Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वयि जगन्नाथे ह्यत्र स्नाते जनार्दने । स्नातमत्र त्रिभुवनं भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

tasmāttvayi jagannāthe hyatra snāte janārdane | snātamatra tribhuvanaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้น ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งจักรวาล เมื่อพระองค์—ชนารทนะ—ทรงสรงน้ำ ณ ที่นี้ ไตรภพก็จักเป็นดุจได้สรง ณ ที่นี้เอง; ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore’

• त्वयि: in you / with respect to you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जगन्नाथे: in the Lord of the universe
• जगन्नाथे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जगतः नाथः’

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

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

• स्नाते: when (you) have bathed
• स्नाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्नात’ का सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute); ‘(त्वयि) स्नाते’ = ‘when you have bathed/when bathing is done (by you)’

• जनार्दने: O Janārdana
• जनार्दने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + अर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘जनानाम् अर्दनः’

• स्नातम्: has been bathed
• स्नातम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; स्ना धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः ‘bathing has occurred’

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

• त्रिभुवनम्: the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘त्रीणि भुवनानि’ (collective)

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

• न: not / no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ इति नास्त्यर्थे (there is no doubt)

Speaker

Gopikās addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-snānīya-tīrtha (Gomatī/sea snāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana steps into the water at Dvārakā; as He bathes, luminous waves radiate outward, symbolically washing the three worlds shown as three layered spheres above the waterline.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Janārdana
• Jagannātha
• Tribhuvana (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where the Lord acts, that place becomes universally purifying; divine presence multiplies the tīrtha’s merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place in the Dvārakā region (contextually connected with Gopikāsara in this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is implied as a purifier, especially when connected to the Lord.