Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स्नानं जाप्यं बलिं होमं पूजां स्तोत्रमुदीरणम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः कुर्यात्तत्सर्वं चाक्षयं भवेत्

Transliteration

snānaṃ jāpyaṃ baliṃ homaṃ pūjāṃ stotramudīraṇam | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ kuryāttatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet

Translation

การอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ การสวดมนต์ (ชปะ) การถวายบูชา (บะลี) การบูชาไฟ (โหมะ) การปูชา และการสาธยายสโตตระ—สิ่งใดที่กระทำ ณ ตีรถะนั้น ย่อมเป็นบุญกุศลอันไม่เสื่อมสูญ

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; of कुर्यात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जाप्यम्: japa/recitation
• जाप्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक; √जप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; जपनीयकर्म (act of recitation)

• बलिम्: offering (bali)
• बलिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• होमम्: fire-offering (homa)
• होमम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn of praise
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उदीरणम्: uttering/recitation
• उदीरणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + ईरण (प्रातिपदिक; √ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उच्चारण/पाठ (utterance/recitation)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

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

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; of भवेत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (भवेत् इति)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karta-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्)

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

• अक्षयम्: imperishable/inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Karta-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत् सर्वम्)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ikṣvākvīśvara-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: pilgrims bathing at a sacred water-spot, then sitting for japa, offering bali, tending a small homa fire, performing liṅga-pūjā, and chanting stotras in chorus—each act glowing as ‘akṣaya’ light.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (Prabhāsakṣetra sacred spot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha magnifies dharmic actions, making ordinary rites yield enduring, inexhaustible spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha associated with the Ikṣvākvīśvara/Vṛṣabheśa Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, japa, bali, homa, pūjā, and stotra-recitation performed at the tīrtha are said to become akṣaya (imperishable).