Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

निमग्नो दुःखसंसारे हृतराज्यो द्विजोत्तम । युष्मद्वाणीजलस्नातो निर्दुःखः सह बान्धवैः

Transliteration

nimagno duḥkhasaṃsāre hṛtarājyo dvijottama | yuṣmadvāṇījalasnāto nirduḥkhaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ

Translation

হে দ্বিজোত্তম! যি মানুহ দুখময় সংসাৰ-চক্ৰত নিমগ্ন আছিল আৰু ৰাজ্যহীন হৈছিল, সি আপোনাৰ পবিত্ৰ বাণীৰ জলত স্নান কৰি নিজৰ বান্ধৱসকলসহ নিৰ্দুঃখ হ’ল।

Word by Word

• nimagnaḥ: immersed/sunk
• nimagnaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-magna (प्रातिपदिक; √maj/मज्ज्-धातु से निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (dvijaḥ/saḥ)

• duḥkha-saṃsāre: in the sorrowful saṃsāra
• duḥkha-saṃsāre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (in the sorrowful worldly existence)

• hṛta-rājyaḥ: deprived of kingdom
• hṛta-rājyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛ/हृ-धातु, क्त) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (one whose kingdom is taken away)

• dvija-uttama: O best of Brahmins
• dvija-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (best of twice-born)

• yuṣmad-vāṇī-jala-snātaḥ: bathed in the water of your words
• yuṣmad-vāṇī-jala-snātaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + jala (प्रातिपदिक) + snāta (प्रातिपदिक; √snā/स्ना-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (yuṣmad-vāṇī-rūpa-jale snātaḥ = bathed in the water of your speech)

• nir-duḥkhaḥ: free from sorrow
• nir-duḥkhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (उपसर्ग) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्/निर्वाच्य-तत्पुरुष (free from sorrow)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like), ‘सह’ योगे तृतीया (with + instrumental)

• bāndhavaiḥ: with (his) relatives
• bāndhavaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Contextual narration (within Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry/description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāk-tīrtha (metaphorical) within Revā-khaṇḍa context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dispossessed man, weighed down by worldly sorrow, is shown transformed—serene and uplifted—after ‘bathing’ in the waters of sacred speech; his relatives share the relief, suggesting communal healing through teaching.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic instruction is likened to a purifying bath that removes grief and restores inner well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it uses a metaphor of purification through holy teaching while the chapter context concerns Narmadā tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Metaphorically, ‘snāna’ (bathing) in sacred teaching; no concrete external rite is specified here.