Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वरोगात्प्रमुच्येत परं सुखमवाप्नुयात् । तीर्थानि राम सर्वत्र स्नानपानावगाहनैः

Transliteration

sarvarogātpramucyeta paraṃ sukhamavāpnuyāt | tīrthāni rāma sarvatra snānapānāvagāhanaiḥ

Translation

O Rāma, man würde von allen Krankheiten befreit und höchstes Glück erlangen; denn die Tīrthas überall verleihen solche Früchte durch Baden, Trinken ihres Wassers und Untertauchen.

Word by Word

• सर्वरोगात्: from all disease
• सर्वरोगात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वः रोगः’ इति कर्मधारय

• प्रमुच्येत: would be released
• प्रमुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे अर्थः — ‘would be freed’

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सुखम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्यरूपेण

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Adverbial location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• स्नानपानावगाहनैः: by bathing, drinking, and immersion
• स्नानपानावगाहनैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + पान + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (snāna-pāna-avagāhana)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addresses Rāma while gesturing toward multiple tīrthas—rivers, ponds, ghats—where pilgrims bathe, sip water, and immerse; imagery emphasizes healing and serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters heal body and uplift spirit; tīrtha practice integrates physical ritual with inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse speaks generally of tīrthas everywhere, within the broader Dharmāraṇya praise-context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), pāna (drinking tīrtha-water), and avagāha (ritual immersion).