Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अस्य तीर्थस्य यात्रायां मतिर्येषां भविष्यति । गोक्षीरेण तिलैः श्वेतैः स्नात्वा सारस्वते जले

Transliteration

asya tīrthasya yātrāyāṃ matiryeṣāṃ bhaviṣyati | gokṣīreṇa tilaiḥ śvetaiḥ snātvā sārasvate jale

Translation

Wer sein Herz auf die Pilgerfahrt zu dieser tīrtha richtet—nachdem er im Wasser der Sarasvatī mit Kuhmilch und weißem Sesam gebadet hat—wird des verheißenen Ahnenverdienstes würdig.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• यात्रायाम्: in the pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मतिः: intention/mind
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/arise
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गो-क्षीरेण: with cow’s milk
• गो-क्षीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गोः क्षीरम्)

• तिलैः: with sesame seeds
• तिलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• श्वेतैः: white
• श्वेतैः: Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तिलैः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातुः—स्ना (स्नान)

• सारस्वते: in the Sarasvatī-related (Sārasvata)
• सारस्वते: Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जले)

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from continuous tīrtha narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-jala (at the tīrtha)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a riverbank perform a ceremonial bath; attendants hold a small pot of milk and a bowl of white sesame; the river is personified as Sarasvatī, gentle and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Sarasvatī
• Go-kṣīra (cow’s milk)
• Śveta-tila (white sesame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by inner resolve (mati) and purifying bath-rites performed as taught by the Purāṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This Dharmāraṇya tīrtha connected with the Sarasvatī waters (Sārasvata-jala).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) using cow’s milk and white sesame in Sarasvatī water as part of the tīrtha observance.