Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

बहून्मुनिकुमारांश्च मज्जनोन्मज्जनादिभिः । करयंत्रविनिर्मुक्ततोयधाराभिषेचनैः

Transliteration

bahūnmunikumārāṃśca majjanonmajjanādibhiḥ | karayaṃtravinirmuktatoyadhārābhiṣecanaiḥ

Translation

ورأى كثيرًا من فتيان الحكماء، يغوصون ويطفون مرارًا، وتُرشّ عليهم تياراتُ ماءٍ منطلقةٌ من أدواتٍ تُدار باليد، كأنها سكبٌ للتطهير.

Word by Word

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• मुनि-कुमारान्: sons of sages / young ascetics
• मुनि-कुमारान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मज्जन-उन्मज्जन-आदिभिः: by (acts like) diving, surfacing, etc.
• मज्जन-उन्मज्जन-आदिभिः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्मज्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व; 'आदि' सहित)

• कर-यन्त्र-विनिर्मुक्त-तोय-धारा-अभिषेचनैः: by sprinklings with streams of water released from hand-operated devices
• कर-यन्त्र-विनिर्मुक्त-तोय-धारा-अभिषेचनैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; वि-नि-√मुच्, क्त) + तोय (प्रातिपदिक) + धारा (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिषेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासे कृदन्त-पूर्वपद (विनिर्मुक्त)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed saras/pushkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Young sages in a bright tank: some diving and resurfacing; others pour streams of water from simple hand-operated devices, creating arcing sprays like ablutions.

Characters & Entities

• Munikumāra (young sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purificatory contact with sacred water is portrayed as joyful and communal, integrating tapas (austerity) with tīrtha life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred-water setting; the exact tirtha name is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied bathing (snāna) and aspersion (abhiṣecana), though no formal rule or vow is stated.