Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा तत्र वरारोहे पिण्डदानं ददाति यः । कुलकोटिं समुद्धृत्य रुद्रलोके महीयते

Transliteration

snātvā tatra varārohe piṇḍadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ | kulakoṭiṃ samuddhṛtya rudraloke mahīyate

Translation

اے خوش اندام دیوی! جو کوئی وہاں اشنان کرکے پِنڈ دان (آبائی نذر) دیتا ہے، وہ اپنی نسل کے کروڑوں کو اُدھار کر کے رُدر لوک میں معزّز ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरारोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समास: वर + आरोहा (श्रेष्ठा आरोहा)

• पिण्डदानम्: offering of funeral rice-balls
• पिण्डदानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्डदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: पिण्डस्य दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• कुलकोटिम्: a crore of lineages
• कुलकोटिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलकोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: कुलानां कोटिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• समुद्धृत्य: having uplifted/rescued
• समुद्धृत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: रुद्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahusuvarṇaka/Sarveśvara tīrtha (snāna + piṇḍadāna spot)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a sacred ghat near the Sarveśvara shrine, then offers piṇḍas on darbha grass with water libations; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving, and a distant vision of Rudraloka as a luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra-loka
• Piṇḍa-dāna
• Bahusuvarṇēśvara tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-rites are compassionate dharma: acts for ancestors elevate the entire lineage and lead the doer toward Rudra’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place and shrine area of Bahusuvarṇēśvara/Sarveśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) and piṇḍa-dāna (ancestral offering).