Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
Devanagari script
ततः खञ्जनकं तीर्थं तस्य नाम्नेति विश्रुतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो याति सोमलोकं न संशयः
Transliteration
tataḥ khañjanakaṃ tīrthaṃ tasya nāmneti viśrutam | tatra snātvā naro yāti somalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Translation
ดังนั้น ตีรถะนั้นจึงเลื่องลือด้วยนามของเขาว่า “คัญชนกะ-ตีรถะ” ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่นั่น ย่อมไปถึงโลกของโสมะโดยแน่นอน ไร้ข้อสงสัย
Word by Word
ततःtherefore/then
ततः:
Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देश/कालवाचक
खञ्जनकम्Khañjanaka (named)
खञ्जनकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootखञ्जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
तीर्थम्the tīrtha
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्यof him/of that (person)
तस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
नाम्नाby the name
नाम्ना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
इतिthus/‘so’
इति:
Sambandha (Quotative/उद्धरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
विश्रुतम्well-known
विश्रुतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + श्रु (धातु) → विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive), धातु: स्ना
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सोमलोकम्Soma’s world
सोमलोकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य लोकः)
नno/not
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Sambandha (Idiomatic assertion/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = नास्ति संशयः (elliptic)
Speaker
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Khañjanaka-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrim bathing at Khañjanaka-tīrtha; above, a luminous moon-disc and Soma’s celestial realm is hinted—white radiance, cool light, and a pathway of merit rising from the water.
Characters & Entities
K
Khañjanaka-tīrthaS
SomalokaS
SomaFAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is amplified by both its sacred origin-story and the prescribed act of snāna that yields a promised fruit.
Khañjanaka-tīrtha.
Snāna (bathing) at Khañjanaka-tīrtha.