Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तप्तकुण्डे न संशयः । स्नानं विधाय तत्रैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti taptakuṇḍe na saṃśayaḥ | snānaṃ vidhāya tatraiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Im Taptakuṇḍa erlangt er gewiss eben jene Frucht, ohne jeden Zweifel. Nachdem er dort gebadet hat, wird er von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular) — विशेषण (demonstrative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• samavāpnoti: attains/obtains
• samavāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√āp (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्+अव
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• taptakuṇḍe: in the heated pond/pit
• taptakuṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त, √tap) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular) — कर्मधारयः ‘तप्तं कुण्डम्’

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

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

• vidhāya: having performed
• vidhāya: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘कृत्वा’ अर्थे

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sarvapāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarvapāpaiḥ: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural) — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘सर्वेषां पापानाम्’

• pramucyate: is freed/released
• pramucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular) — कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya (a Purāṇic speaker addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa / Rājan (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a steaming sacred kuṇḍa (Taptakuṇḍa), offering arghya and folding hands; the water glows as if warmed by solar presence, suggesting immediate purification.

Characters & Entities

• Taptakuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing (snāna) performed with faith at an empowered tīrtha is taught as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Taptakuṇḍa is praised as a place where the promised spiritual fruit is certainly obtained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Taptakuṇḍa, leading to liberation from sins.