Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा नरस्तत्र स्नानं श्राद्धं च कारयेत् । सर्वपापविनाशार्थं पितॄणां प्रीतये तथा

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā narastatra snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca kārayet | sarvapāpavināśārthaṃ pitṝṇāṃ prītaye tathā

Translation

یہ جان کر انسان کو وہاں اسنان اور شرادھ کا اہتمام کرنا چاہیے—تاکہ سب پاپوں کا نाश ہو اور پِتروں کی پریتی بھی حاصل ہو۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purva-kala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having known’

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

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

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

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done / should have performed
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) causative: कारय (णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद, णिच्-प्रयोग (Causative)

• सर्वपापविनाशार्थम्: for the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापविनाशार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजनवाचक: ‘for the purpose of’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अर्थम्)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रीतये: for (their) satisfaction
• प्रीतये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāpathā (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clear ritual scene: a man bathes at the river with folded hands, then sits with a priest to perform śrāddha offerings on kuśa grass; ancestors are subtly shown receiving satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma integrates self-purification with gratitude: cleansing one’s sins and honoring one’s lineage through Pitṛ rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra at the Citrāpathā river-tīrtha, recommended for snāna and śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform/arrange snāna (holy bath) and śrāddha at this spot to destroy sins and please the Pitṛs.