Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्रोपस्पृश्य सलिलं विनीय च पथिश्रमम् । सुस्निग्धशीतलच्छायं न्यग्रोधं समुपाश्रयम्

Transliteration

tatropaspṛśya salilaṃ vinīya ca pathiśramam | susnigdhaśītalacchāyaṃ nyagrodhaṃ samupāśrayam

Translation

সেখানে জলে স্পর্শ করে স্নান করলাম এবং পথের ক্লান্তি দূর করলাম। তারপর স্নিগ্ধ ও শীতল ছায়াযুক্ত এক বটবৃক্ষের তলে আশ্রয় নিলাম।

Word by Word

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

• upaspṛśya: having rinsed/touched (water)
• upaspṛśya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upa-spṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; 'having touched/washed (ritually)'

• salilam: water
• salilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• vinīya: having removed
• vinīya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; 'having removed/relieved'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pathi-śramam: fatigue from the journey
• pathi-śramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक) + śrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पथस्य श्रमः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• su-snigdha-śītala-chāyam: having very pleasant, cool shade
• su-snigdha-śītala-chāyam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + snigdha (प्रातिपदिक) + śītala (प्रातिपदिक) + chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-कर्मधारय (सु-स्निग्धा शीतला छाया यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifies nyagrodham

• nyagrodham: a banyan tree
• nyagrodham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• samupāśrayam: I took refuge in; I approached
• samupāśrayam: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/imperfect), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'I resorted to'

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimala-saras (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, Gautama sits beneath a broad banyan with dense, cool shade beside the lake, his travel weariness dissolving into quiet composure.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Saraḥ (lake)
• Nyagrodha (banyan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is enacted through simple dharmic acts—snāna and mindful rest—within a sanctified natural setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A pure lake (saraḥ) encountered after departing Gokarṇa; the larger chapter remains within Gokarṇa Māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upaspṛśya salilaṃ—ritual contact/bathing in water (snāna) as a purificatory act.