Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वयि जगन्नाथे ह्यत्र स्नाते जनार्दने । स्नातमत्र त्रिभुवनं भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

tasmāttvayi jagannāthe hyatra snāte janārdane | snātamatra tribhuvanaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Vì thế, hỡi Chúa tể của vũ trụ, khi chính Ngài—Janārdana—tắm gội tại đây, thì ba cõi sẽ như được tắm gội ngay tại chốn này; điều ấy không còn nghi ngờ.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore’

• त्वयि: in you / with respect to you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जगन्नाथे: in the Lord of the universe
• जगन्नाथे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जगतः नाथः’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• स्नाते: when (you) have bathed
• स्नाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्नात’ का सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute); ‘(त्वयि) स्नाते’ = ‘when you have bathed/when bathing is done (by you)’

• जनार्दने: O Janārdana
• जनार्दने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + अर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘जनानाम् अर्दनः’

• स्नातम्: has been bathed
• स्नातम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; स्ना धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः ‘bathing has occurred’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• त्रिभुवनम्: the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘त्रीणि भुवनानि’ (collective)

• भविष्यति: will be / will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• न: not / no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ इति नास्त्यर्थे (there is no doubt)

Speaker

Gopikās addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-snānīya-tīrtha (Gomatī/sea snāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana steps into the water at Dvārakā; as He bathes, luminous waves radiate outward, symbolically washing the three worlds shown as three layered spheres above the waterline.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Janārdana
• Jagannātha
• Tribhuvana (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where the Lord acts, that place becomes universally purifying; divine presence multiplies the tīrtha’s merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place in the Dvārakā region (contextually connected with Gopikāsara in this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is implied as a purifier, especially when connected to the Lord.