Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन श्राद्धं तत्र समाचरेत् । स्नानं च पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ य इच्छेच्छ्रेय आत्मनः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrāddhaṃ tatra samācaret | snānaṃ ca pārthivaśreṣṭha ya icchecchreya ātmanaḥ

Translation

پس چاہیے کہ پوری کوشش کے ساتھ وہاں شرادھ کیا جائے، اور اے بہترین بادشاہ، اسنان بھی—اگر کوئی اپنی اعلیٰ ترین بھلائی چاہتا ہو۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Causal connector/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-तद्)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः) — ‘therefore/from that reason’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — कर्मधारयः; ‘with all effort’

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha (rite)
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘śrāddha rite’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपदम्; ‘one should perform’

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘bathing’ (as rite)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘and’

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — कर्मधारयः; ‘O best of kings’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम; ‘who’

• इच्छेत्: wishes
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Relative clause action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपदम्; ‘would desire/should wish’

• श्रेयः: welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘the good/benefit’

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘of oneself’

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgodbhava Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthivaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daytime ritual at a tīrtha-bank: a pilgrim performs śrāddha with darbha, water libations, and offerings, then proceeds to bathe; priests and simple ritual vessels present; atmosphere of solemn calm.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal welfare (śreyas) is pursued through dharmic rites—especially tīrtha-bathing and ancestral offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The injunction is for the same celebrated site in the chapter: Nāgodbhava Tīrtha (Arbuda Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at the site and undertake snāna (ritual bathing) there.