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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

न मानुष्यं पुनर्जन्म प्राप्नोति जगतीतले । तत्र स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः

na mānuṣyaṃ punarjanma prāpnoti jagatītale | tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ

เขาย่อมไม่กลับมาได้กำเนิดเป็นมนุษย์อีกบนพื้นพิภพ บุรุษผู้ใดอาบน้ำที่นั่นแล้วบริสุทธิ์ และประกอบพิธีศราทธะ…

not
:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
मानुष्यंhuman
मानुष्यं:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative singular, neuter)
पुनर्जन्मrebirth again
पुनर्जन्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुनर् (अव्यय) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative singular, neuter); कर्मधारय (punar eva janma)
प्राप्नोतिattains; obtains
प्राप्नोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√आप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd sg, Parasmaipada)
जगतीतलेon the surface of the earth/world
जगतीतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular, neuter); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ tale)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive: having bathed)
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive: having become)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine); सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्
श्राद्धंśrāddha rite
श्राद्धं:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative singular, neuter)
कुरुतेperforms
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present indicative, 3rd sg, Ātmanepada)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine)

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha: Huṃkāra-tīrtha / Prabhāsa śrāddha-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Scene: A purified pilgrim completes śrāddha beside the sacred water—pinda offerings arranged, kusa grass, and a calm aura suggesting release from the cycle of rebirth.

Ś
śrāddha
S
snāna
P
punarjanma

FAQs

Purity through tīrtha-bathing and śrāddha is taught as a powerful path of upliftment that can sever cycles of ordinary rebirth.

The same Prabhāsakṣetra tīrtha where bathing and ancestral rites are especially efficacious.

Snāna at the tīrtha, becoming śuci (ritually pure), and performing śrāddha.