Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

नित्यं स्नात्वा तडागे वा महानद्यां च निर्झरे । पांडुकूपे तु सुश्रोणि सर्वस्नानफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

nityaṃ snātvā taḍāge vā mahānadyāṃ ca nirjhare | pāṃḍukūpe tu suśroṇi sarvasnānaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

แม้จะอาบน้ำทุกวัน ไม่ว่าในสระ ในแม่น้ำใหญ่ หรือในธารน้ำภูเขา กระนั้นก็ดี โอ้สตรีผู้เอวอ่อน การลงสรงที่ปาณฑุ-กูปะย่อมได้ผลบุญแห่งการสรงน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: daily
• नित्यम्: Adverbial (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तडागे: in a pond
• तडागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• महानद्याम्: in a great river
• महानद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-नदी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + नदी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महती नदी)

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

• निर्झरे: in a waterfall/spring
• निर्झरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• पाण्डुकूपे: in (the) Pāṇḍu-well
• पाण्डुकूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-कूप (प्रातिपदिक; पाण्डु + कूप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (पाण्डुः कूपः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped lady
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुश्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वस्नानफलम्: the fruit of all baths
• सर्वस्नानफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-स्नान-फल (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + स्नान + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां स्नानानां फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain/should obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍu-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed woman (suśroṇi) / devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a stone-lined sacred well labeled Pāṇḍu-kūpa; nearby are symbolic representations of pond, great river, and mountain stream, showing that this single bath equals all.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍu-kūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas concentrate merit: bathing at a sanctified site can equal many ordinary purificatory acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāṇḍu-kūpa (a sacred well) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform daily bathing, with special emphasis that bathing at Pāṇḍu-kūpa grants the fruit of all baths.