Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या यः पश्यति विनायकम् । तस्यान्वयेऽपि सर्वज्ञा जायन्ते मानवा नृप

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā yaḥ paśyati vināyakam | tasyānvaye'pi sarvajñā jāyante mānavā nṛpa

Translation

اے راجا! جو شخص وہاں بھکتی کے ساتھ اشنان کر کے وِنایک کا درشن کرے، اس کے نسب و نسل میں بھی ہمہ گیر علم والے انسان پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विनायकम्: Vinayaka (Ganesha)
• विनायकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्वये: in (his) lineage
• अन्वये: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (particle: also/even)

• सर्वज्ञाः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; मानवा इति विशेषण

• जायन्ते: are born/arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Becoming/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मानवाः: people/men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate context; dialogue continues with Yayāti in vv. 32–33)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka-kuṇḍa (Arbuda)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛp)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a clear kuṇḍa, then emerge to offer salutations before Vināyaka; the king is addressed as witness to the promised lineage blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Gaṇeśa
• Yayāti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional tīrtha-bathing followed by Gaṇeśa’s darśana is praised as a source of enduring merit that uplifts even one’s descendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred bathing-place within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Mount Arbuda region) where Vināyaka is to be visited after snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the site, followed by devotional darśana of Vināyaka.