Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्र प्रकर्तव्यं प्रातः स्नानं विशेषतः । सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य फलमात्मन ईप्सता

Transliteration

tasmādatra prakartavyaṃ prātaḥ snānaṃ viśeṣataḥ | sarvatīrthāvagāhasya phalamātmana īpsatā

Translation

Vì thế, nên thực hành tắm gội buổi sớm tại đây, nhất là—đối với người mong cầu cho mình quả phúc của việc tắm trong mọi tīrtha.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/निपातवत् प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-एकवचनार्थे ‘therefore/from that’ (ablative sense)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: should be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be done/should be done’

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (in the morning)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

• सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य: of bathing/immersion in all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-अवगाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अवगाहः)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आत्मनः: for oneself; of the self
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ईप्सता: by one who desires (it)
• ईप्सता: Karana (Agent-instrumental/तृतीया-कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘desiring/wishing to obtain’

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee steps into the Sarayū at dawn near a ghat marked Svargadvāra; the water is depicted as containing symbolic reflections of many famous tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Narmadā) to show ‘all-tīrtha’ fruit; priests hold waterpots and kusa grass.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Svargadvāra
• Sarayū (context of bathing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action at the right sacred place—performed with intention—condenses vast spiritual merit into a simple dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā, where a single bath is said to yield the merit of bathing in all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform prātaḥ-snāna (morning bathing) at this tīrtha to obtain the fruit of immersion in all sacred waters.