Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सर्वकामदुघावासमृषिलोकं स गच्छति । उज्जयिन्यां तु वैशाखे शिप्रायां स्नानमाचरेत्

Transliteration

sarvakāmadughāvāsamṛṣilokaṃ sa gacchati | ujjayinyāṃ tu vaiśākhe śiprāyāṃ snānamācaret

Translation

يبلغ عالم الرِّشيّات (ṛṣis)، وهو مقامٌ يفيض بكل المقاصد المرغوبة. وليُؤدَّ الاغتسال في نهر شيبرا (Shiprā) بأُجَّيَني (Ujjayinī) في شهر فايشاكها (Vaiśākha).

Word by Word

• सर्वकामदुघावासम्: the abode of the wish-fulfilling (cow)
• सर्वकामदुघावासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-काम-दुघा-आवास (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वान् कामान् दुह्यते इति ‘सर्वकामदुघा’, तस्य आवासः)

• ऋषिलोकम्: the world of sages
• ऋषिलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषीणां लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गच्छति: goes, attains
• गच्छति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उज्जयिन्याम्: in Ujjayinī
• उज्जयिन्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध (particle: but/indeed)

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• शिप्रायाम्: in the (river) Śiprā
• शिप्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिप्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• आचरेत्: should perform, should practice
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Shiprā (Kṣiprā) at Ujjayinī

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Addressed) implicit practitioner; verse is prescriptive

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dawn on the Shiprā at Ujjayinī: pilgrims descend ghāṭas, perform snāna with arghya to the rising sun; temples and spires line the river; sages (ṛṣis) appear in a visionary overlay indicating ṛṣi-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Ujjayinī (Ujjain)
• Śiprā (Shipra River)
• Vaiśākha (month)
• Ṛṣiloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal sacred time (Vaiśākha) and sacred place (Ujjayinī–Śiprā) together become a powerful path to spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ujjayinī (Ujjain) and the Śiprā River are directly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) in the Śiprā at Ujjayinī during Vaiśākha.