Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

श्रीमहादेव उवाच । येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति सरस्वत्यां समाहिताः । ते यास्यंति परं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

śrīmahādeva uvāca | ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti sarasvatyāṃ samāhitāḥ | te yāsyaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

Śrī Mahādeva phán: “Những ai với tâm thu nhiếp sẽ tắm tại đây trong sông Sarasvatī, ắt sẽ đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng, lìa mọi già nua và tử vong.”

Word by Word

• śrīmahādevaḥ: Śrī Mahādeva
• śrīmahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

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

• kariṣyanti: will do, will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarasvatyām: in Sarasvatī
• sarasvatyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• samāhitāḥ: composed, attentive
• samāhitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• param: supreme, highest
• param: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘स्थानम्’)

• sthānam: abode, place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: free from old age and death
• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; नञ्-रहितार्थ नहीं, अपि तु ‘जरामरणयोः वर्जितम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Śrī Mahādeva (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrtha (saṅgama-associated)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King) is addressed in the surrounding narrative frame; within the verse Mahādeva speaks to the interlocutor(s).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva appears on the riverbank, ash-smeared, crescent-mooned, with Gaṅgā in his hair; he blesses pilgrims bathing in Sarasvatī, indicating the ‘supreme abode’ with an upward gesture; the atmosphere is still and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent bathing at a sacred river-tīrtha, done with mental focus, is praised as a direct means to the highest spiritual state beyond mortality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Sarasvatī-related tīrtha in the Arbuda region, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Sarasvatī, performed with samādhāna (composure and attentiveness).