Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यस्तु भक्तिसमायुक्तः स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत् । स याति परमं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

yastu bhaktisamāyuktaḥ snānaṃ tatra samācaret | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

凡具足虔敬之心而在彼处行沐浴仪轨者，必得至上之境，远离衰老与死亡。

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• tu: however/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• bhaktisamāyuktaḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhaktisamāyuktaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti + sam-ā-√yuj (युज् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया: ‘भक्त्या समायुक्तः’), क्त (past participle) ‘समायुक्त’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/adverb)

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (चर् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• sthānam: abode/place
• sthānam: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: free from old age and death
• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (इतरेतर: ‘जराच मरणं च’)+ क्त ‘varjita’ (excluded), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; within Pulastya’s discourse to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: यमतीर्थ

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a sacred waterbody performs snāna with folded hands; above, a luminous ‘parama-sthāna’ is symbolized as a radiant realm beyond time, with fading imagery of old age and death left behind.

Characters & Entities

• Bhakti
• Snāna
• Yama-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion-filled practice transforms a simple act like tīrtha-bathing into a direct means toward the highest, deathless state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yama Tīrtha, praised in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa section of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (sacred bathing) at the tīrtha with bhakti and due observance.