Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

योऽत्र स्नानं प्रकुरुते मयस्य सरसि प्रियाः । गंगास्नानफलं तस्य विष्णुलोकस्तथाऽक्षयः

Transliteration

yo'tra snānaṃ prakurute mayasya sarasi priyāḥ | gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ tasya viṣṇulokastathā'kṣayaḥ

Translation

اے محبوبو! جو کوئی یہاں مایا کے سرور میں اشنان کرتا ہے، اسے گنگا میں اشنان کا پھل ملتا ہے؛ اور وہ وشنو لوک کے ابدی دھام کو پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• prakurute: performs
• prakurute: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• mayasya: of Maya (the demon)
• mayasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• sarasi: in the lake
• sarasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative singular)

• priyāḥ: dear ones
• priyāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nominative plural); संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधन-भाव (addressing)

• gaṃgāsnānaphalam: the fruit of bathing in the Ganga
• gaṃgāsnānaphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃgā (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गंगायाः स्नानस्य फलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• viṣṇulokaḥ: Vishnu's world
• viṣṇulokaḥ: Karta (Result/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• tathā: and also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

• akṣayaḥ: imperishable
• akṣayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular); नञ्-समासपूर्वक विशेषण (imperishable)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māyā-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees bathe in a lotus lake named Māyā-saras; above, a subtle vision of Viṣṇu-loka—radiant Vaikuṇṭha—appears, signifying the promised imperishable realm; Gaṅgā is symbolically echoed in the water’s glow.

Characters & Entities

• Mayasya-saras
• Gaṅgā
• Viṣṇu-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A local tīrtha, when divinely praised, can confer merits comparable to pan-Indian pilgrimage like Gaṅgā-bathing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mayasya-saras (the lake of Maya), a Dvārakā tīrtha in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) in Mayasya-saras to obtain Gaṅgā-snāna merit and Viṣṇu-loka.