Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत् । नरो वा यदि वा नारी प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret | naro vā yadi vā nārī prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

پس ہر طرح کی کوشش کے ساتھ وہاں اشنان کرنا چاہیے۔ مرد ہو یا عورت، وہ اعلیٰ ترین منزل کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् = therefore/from that reason

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘with all effort’; compound: कर्मधारय (sarvaḥ prayatnaḥ)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Coordination (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Coordination (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण to gatim

• gatim: state, goal, liberation
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmbavatī-tīrtha / Prabhāsa snāna-sthāna (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / pilgrims-by-proxy

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad view of the sacred bathing place: pilgrims—men and women—enter the water with determination; above, a subtle vision of the ‘supreme path’ opens, with light leading toward a distant shrine and the ocean horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Jāmbavatī River

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā is universal: sincere practice at a sanctified site is presented as a direct means toward the highest spiritual end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place (snāna-tīrtha) at the Jāmbavatī River in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform snāna there with full earnestness (sarvaprayatnena).