Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

निर्गतास्मि गृहं भूयो स्नात्वा तीर्थमिदं महत् । तत्र यो भानवो भक्त्या पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

nirgatāsmi gṛhaṃ bhūyo snātvā tīrthamidaṃ mahat | tatra yo bhānavo bhaktyā pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

“เมื่อข้าอาบน้ำชำระในทีรถะอันยิ่งใหญ่นี้แล้ว ข้าจะกลับไปยังเรือนอีกครั้ง และที่นั่น โอ้ผู้รุ่งเรือง ผู้ใดก็ตามบูชาด้วยศรัทธา อุทิศด้วยใจภักดีแด่ปิตฤ (บรรพชน)…”

Word by Word

• निर्गता: gone out, departed
• निर्गता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) उपसर्ग-निर्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); (अहम् इति अध्याहार्य)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Modifier (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb ‘again/further’)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — ‘having bathed’

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage-place, ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of तीर्थम्)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of तीर्थम्)

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• भानवः: Bhānavā (name) / one of Bhānu’s line
• भानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (पाठे ‘भानवो’ = भानवः)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated (to), intending (for)
• उद्दिश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior/attendant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपसर्ग-उद् + √दिश् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/तुमुन्-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive in -ya) — ‘having dedicated/with reference to’

• भक्तितः: out of devotion, devoutly
• भक्तितः: Modifier (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa mahā-tīrtha (snāna-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage completes a ritual bath in luminous waters; he gathers water in cupped hands, mentally dedicating offerings to the Pitṛs; a path leads back toward a simple home, showing continuity between tīrtha and household rites.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not only for personal purification; it becomes a bridge for ancestral upliftment when actions are dedicated to the Pitṛs with bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘great tīrtha’ is within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Gātramocana/Pretatīrtha narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, followed by devotional acts directed toward the Pitṛs.