Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अतः सुचरितात्र त्वं स्नाहि सद्यो विमुक्तये । महापातकसंघानां दावानलसमद्युतौ

Transliteration

ataḥ sucaritātra tvaṃ snāhi sadyo vimuktaye | mahāpātakasaṃghānāṃ dāvānalasamadyutau

Translation

Darum, o Sucharita, bade dich hier sogleich zur unmittelbaren Befreiung. Dieses Tīrtha leuchtet wie ein Waldbrand gegen die Scharen großer Sünden.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय — ‘therefore/from this’

• सुचरित: good/virtuous
• सुचरित: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-चरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — used adverbially with ‘अत्र’ as a locative sense ‘in the good deed/place’ (elliptic)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय — ‘here’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• स्नाहि: bathe
• स्नाहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative ‘bathe!’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय — ‘immediately’

• विमुक्तये: for liberation
• विमुक्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — dative ‘for liberation’

• महापातकसंघानाम्: of multitudes of great sins
• महापातकसंघानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापातक-संघ (प्रातिपदिक; महापातक + संघ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• दावानलसमद्युतौ: in (that which is) having a radiance like a forest-fire
• दावानलसमद्युतौ: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दावानल-सम-द्युति (प्रातिपदिक; दावानल + सम + द्युति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative; qualifying an implied feminine noun (e.g., ‘अस्मिन् तीर्थे/जले’) ‘in (that which is) of wildfire-like brilliance’

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Śambhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasa Tīrtha / Sarva-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sucarita

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sucarita steps into the sacred waters as the tīrtha radiates like a controlled blaze—golden-red light around the water—while dark smoke-like forms (sins) dissipate instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sucarita
• Mānasa Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt, faith-filled practice (snāna at a sanctified tīrtha) is portrayed as powerfully transformative, burning away even heavy karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarvatīrtha/Mānasa Tīrtha described in Setukhaṇḍa, within the Setu sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immediate tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing) as the direct means to purification and release.