Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

स्नानदानानुरूप्येण प्राप्नुवंति परं पदम् । केचित्स्नानप्रभावेन केचिद्दानेन मानवाः

Transliteration

snānadānānurūpyeṇa prāpnuvaṃti paraṃ padam | kecitsnānaprabhāvena keciddānena mānavāḥ

Translation

ตามส่วนแห่งการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์และการให้ทาน มนุษย์ย่อมบรรลุสภาวะสูงสุด บางคนบรรลุด้วยอานุภาพแห่งการสรงน้ำ บางคนด้วยอานุภาพแห่งทาน

Word by Word

• स्नान: bathing
• स्नान: Visheshya (Qualified/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• दान: charity
• दान: Visheshya (Qualified/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• अनुरूप्येण: in accordance with bathing and charity
• अनुरूप्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुरूप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्नानदान-अनुरूप्य (समास), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• प्राप्नुवन्ति: attain
• प्राप्नुवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'पदम्' इति विशेषण

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनार्थे अव्यक्त; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (some)

• स्नान: bathing
• स्नान: Visheshya (Qualified/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• प्रभावेन: by the power of bathing
• प्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्नान-प्रभाव (समास), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनार्थे

• दानेन: by charity
• दानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मानवाः: people/men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa perform dawn bathing, then offer gifts—food, cloth, coins—to ascetics and the needy; above them, a subtle radiance suggests the ‘supreme state’ approached through these twin acts.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Different dharmic practices—bathing and charity—can each become a direct cause of the highest goal when performed in a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where snāna and dāna are portrayed as especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice snāna (tīrtha-bathing) and dāna (charity), with results proportional to one’s performance.