Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते । एवं ते वणिजः सर्वै रामेण प्रेरितास्तदा

Transliteration

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca sarvapāpātpramucyate | evaṃ te vaṇijaḥ sarvai rāmeṇa preritāstadā

Translation

«Wer dort badet und von jenem heiligen Wasser trinkt, wird von allen Sünden befreit.» So wurden damals alle Kaufleute von Rāma angetrieben.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive) अव्यय; ‘स्नात्वा’ = having bathed

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive) अव्यय; ‘पीत्वा’ = having drunk

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सर्वपापात्: from all sin
• सर्वपापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘सर्वं पापम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• वणिजः: merchants
• वणिजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वणिज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इति समानाधिकरण

• सर्वैः: by all (of them), all together
• सर्वैः: Karana/Association (Company/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘वणिजः’ इति विशेषण (all of them)

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रेरिताः: urged, instructed
• प्रेरिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + ईर्/इर् (धातु) + णिच् → प्रेरय (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → प्रेरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृतान्त (भूतकृदन्त/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; कर्मणि भावः ‘प्रेरित’ = urged/sent

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator reporting Rāma’s instruction

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous forest-tīrtha: clear water in a kund/stream; pilgrims prepare to bathe and sip; Rāma points toward the water, instructing merchants; light filters through trees.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Dharmāraṇya (implied by tatra)
• vaṇijaḥ (merchants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā—especially bathing and partaking of sacred water—purifies the devotee and removes sin through dharmic contact with holy geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya tīrtha (the sacred waters there), praised for its power to free one from sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and pāna (drinking the tīrtha-water) as acts that grant release from sin.