Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ये पुनस्तत्र भावेन नराः स्नानपरायणाः । ब्रह्मलोकं समासाद्य ते रमिष्यंति सर्वदा

Transliteration

ye punastatra bhāvena narāḥ snānaparāyaṇāḥ | brahmalokaṃ samāsādya te ramiṣyaṃti sarvadā

Translation

لیکن جو لوگ وہاں خلوصِ دل کے ساتھ غسل میں لگے رہتے ہیں، وہ برہملوک کو پا کر ہمیشہ کے لیے مسرور رہتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• punaḥ: again; further
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘पुनः/again; further’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• bhāvena: with devotion; with feeling
• bhāvena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• narāḥ: men; people
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• snāna-parāyaṇāḥ: devoted to bathing (ritual bath)
• snāna-parāyaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/तत्पर्य: स्नाने परायणाः = स्नाने निष्ठाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘narāḥ’)

• brahma-lokaṃ: Brahma-world
• brahma-lokaṃ: Karma (Destination as object/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samāsādya: having reached
• samāsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive): ‘समासाद्य’ = ‘प्राप्य/after reaching’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ramiṣyanti: they will delight; they will enjoy
• ramiṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn enter sacred waters at Prabhāsa with folded hands; a luminous path rises upward toward Brahmaloka, suggesting eternal rejoicing.

Characters & Entities

• snāna
• bhāva (devotion)
• Brahmaloka
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual becomes transformative when infused with bhāva (devotion); such tīrtha practice is portrayed as leading to exalted, lasting bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing place (tīrtha) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Sarasvatī in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular or devoted snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha, performed with bhāva.