Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

गंगाजले प्रयागे वा केदारे पुष्करे च ये । वस्त्रापथे प्रभासे च मृतास्ते स्वर्गगामिनः

Transliteration

gaṃgājale prayāge vā kedāre puṣkare ca ye | vastrāpathe prabhāse ca mṛtāste svargagāminaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดสิ้นชีวิตในสายน้ำคงคา หรือที่ประยาคะ หรือเกดาระ หรือปุษกร—และเช่นเดียวกันที่วัสตราปถะ ณ ประภาสะ—ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้ไปสวรรค์

Word by Word

• गङ्गाजले: in the waters of the Ganga
• गङ्गाजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गङ्गायाः जलम्)

• प्रयागे: at Prayaga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• केदारे: at Kedara
• केदारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुष्करे: at Pushkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वस्त्रापथे: at Vastrapatha
• वस्त्रापथे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्रापथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वस्त्राणाम् पथः)

• प्रभासे: at Prabhasa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• मृताः: (having) died
• मृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कर्तरि कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अर्थः ‘मृतः/मृतवन्तः’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; निर्देशार्थक (correlative pronoun)

• स्वर्गगामिनः: goers to heaven
• स्वर्गगामिनः: Predicate/Viśeṣaṇa (प्रेडिकेटिव विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + गामिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गं गच्छन्ति इति)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya (attribution uncertain from snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (Prabhāsa) in equivalence with Gaṅgā/Prayāga/Kedāra/Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred panorama: Gaṅgā’s flowing waters, the confluence at Prayāga, snowy Kedāra peaks, Puṣkara lake with ghats, and coastal Prabhāsa—souls rising as luminous birds toward svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Prayāga
• Kedāra
• Puṣkara
• Vastrāpatha
• Prabhāsa
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are portrayed as spiritually transformative; even death in such tīrthas is said to confer heavenly destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha in Prabhāsa is explicitly included among major pan-Indian tīrthas like Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Kedāra, and Puṣkara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it states the fruit (svarga) associated with tīrtha-maraṇa in these sacred locations.