Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा पितॄंश्च संतर्प्य पूजयेच्च जनार्द्दनम् । सुवस्त्रैर्भूषणैश्चापि समभ्यर्च्य रमापतिम् । अनुज्ञया तु विप्राणां व्रतं संपूर्णतां नयेत्

Transliteration

snātvā pitṝṃśca saṃtarpya pūjayecca janārddanam | suvastrairbhūṣaṇaiścāpi samabhyarcya ramāpatim | anujñayā tu viprāṇāṃ vrataṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ nayet

Translation

ครั้นอาบน้ำแล้วและบูชาบรรพชนด้วยตัรปณะ จึงควรสักการะพระชนารทนะ อีกทั้งถวายผ้านุ่งห่มอันงามและเครื่องประดับ บูชาแด่พระรามาปติ และด้วยอนุญาตแห่งพราหมณ์ จึงนำวรตะให้ถึงความสมบูรณ์

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्यर्थक क्रिया (having bathed)

• पितṝन्: the ancestors
• पितṝन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (ऋ-प्रातिपदिक विशेष-रूप)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘having satisfied (with offerings)’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• सुवस्त्रैः: with fine garments
• सुवस्त्रैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु-उत्तमं वस्त्रम्)

• भूषणैः: with ornaments
• भूषणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped properly
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अभि-√अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘having duly worshipped’

• रमापतिम्: Rāmāpati (Lord of Lakṣmī)
• रमापतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रमायाः पतिः) विष्णोः नाम

• अनुज्ञया: with the permission
• अनुज्ञया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन/हेत्वर्थे (by/with permission)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• व्रतम्: the vow/observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संपूर्णताम्: to completion
• संपूर्णताम्: Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपूर्णता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गत्यर्थक क्रियायाः गन्तव्य-लक्ष्य (to completion)

• नयेत्: should lead/bring
• नयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नी (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) assembled sages / brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple after river-bath offers tarpaṇa to ancestors, then approaches a Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa shrine in Dvārakā, adorning the deity with fine cloth and ornaments; brāhmaṇas sit nearby granting permission for vow-completion.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Ramā (Lakṣmī)
• Viṣṇu
• Pitṛs
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma harmonizes devotion to Viṣṇu with gratitude to ancestors and respect for ritual authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā–Gomatī sacred setting where bathing and worship are prescribed as part of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing, pitṛ-tarpaṇa, worship of Janārdana/Ramāpati with garments and ornaments, and formal completion of the vow with brāhmaṇas’ permission.