Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं कथंचित्पुण्यसंचयात् । श्राद्धं चैव विधानेन न स शोचेत्कृताकृते

Transliteration

yastatra kurute snānaṃ kathaṃcitpuṇyasaṃcayāt | śrāddhaṃ caiva vidhānena na sa śocetkṛtākṛte

Translation

Sinumang maligo roon—dahil sa naipong kabutihan—at magsagawa rin ng śrāddha ayon sa tuntunin, ay hindi na magdadalamhati sa nagawa o sa hindi nagawa.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथंचित्: somehow, by some means
• कथंचित्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: somehow)

• पुण्यसंचयात्: from an accumulation of merit
• पुण्यसंचयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुण्यस्य संचयः)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शोचेत्: would grieve
• शोचेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृताकृते: over what is done and not done
• कृताकृते: Adhikarana (Topic/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त, क्त) + अकृत (कृदन्त, नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (कृतं च अकृतं च)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīrtha at Prabhāsa (svayaṃbhū)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes in the sacred river, then sits on darbha grass performing śrāddha with piṇḍas and tarpaṇa; the atmosphere is calm, with ancestors subtly implied as satisfied presences; the pilgrim’s face shows relief and serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā tīrtha (implied)
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing and properly performed ancestral rites relieve inner burden and the karmic anxiety of omission and commission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā/Jāhnavī water in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (as established in the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the site and śrāddha performed “vidhānena” (according to proper injunction).