Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्यां स्नातो नरः सम्यक्सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत् । मुच्यते पातकात्कृत्स्नादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

Transliteration

tasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyaksarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet | mucyate pātakātkṛtsnādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

Translation

جو شخص وہاں ٹھیک طریقے سے اسنان کرے، وہ تمام تیرتھوں کا پھل پاتا ہے اور ہر گناہ سے—جو جنم مرن کے آخر تک چمٹا رہتا ہے—مکمل طور پر چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her/therein
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘having bathed’

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

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘properly/fully’

• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: the fruit of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘all + pilgrimage-sites + fruit/result’

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would obtain/should obtain’

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is released’

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• कृत्स्नात्: entire
• कृत्स्नात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; विशेषण ‘entire/whole’ (agreeing with implied पातकात्)

• आ: up to
• आ: Sambandha (Limit-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग-सदृश अव्यय (prepositional particle) ‘up to’

• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: from (sins) lasting up to birth-and-death’s end
• जन्ममरणान्तिकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + मरण + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ending with birth and death’ (i.e., lasting till the end of the cycle)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivaliṅga Kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Mahīpate/Bhūpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes a reverent bath in the Śivaliṅga pond; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically containing many tīrthas; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water, while a serene aura suggests release from long-held karmic burdens.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed tīrtha-bathing is presented as a concentrated path of purification, equated with the merit of many pilgrimages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa (the pond named Śivaliṅga), where bathing grants exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at that kuṇḍa, done “samyak” (with proper observance).