Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यत्र तत्र नरः स्नात्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च

Transliteration

yatra tatra naraḥ snātvā svargaloke mahīyate | aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca

Translation

جو کوئی وہاں غسل کرے وہ سوَرگ لوک میں معزز ہوتا ہے۔ اس کا پُنّیہ ہزار اَشوَمیَدھ یَجّیہ اور سو واجپَیَہ رسموں کے برابر بتایا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक: ‘where’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक: ‘there’

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

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyā (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) + tvā (त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• svarga: heaven
• svarga: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• loke: in the heavenly world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (svarga+loka)

• mahīyate: is honored/exalted
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mahī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः: ‘is honored/glorified’

• aśvamedha: Aśvamedha sacrifice
• aśvamedha: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• sahasrasya: of a thousand (Aśvamedhas)
• sahasrasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (aśvamedha+sahasra)

• vājapeya: Vājapeya sacrifice
• vājapeya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājapeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगभेद), समासाङ्ग

• śatasya: of a hundred (Vājapeyas)
• śatasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (vājapeya+śata)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction): ‘and’

Speaker

Śiva (to Devī/Umā, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed devotee (context continues with 'priye' in later verse, suggesting a dialogue to a beloved/consort figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a luminous coastal/sacred water-edge within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; above them, celestial beings honour the bather, while symbolic fire-altars hint at Aśvamedha and Vājapeya merits.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Snāna
• Svarga
• Aśvamedha
• Vājapeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā, when done with faith, can confer immense puṇya—praised as surpassing or equalling great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its bathing places/waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Prabhāsa sacred waters, praised for extraordinary sacrificial-equivalent merit.