Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स्मरणात्तस्य तीर्थस्य गर्भवासो न विद्यते । विलयं यांति पापानि लक्षजन्मकृतान्यपि

Transliteration

smaraṇāttasya tīrthasya garbhavāso na vidyate | vilayaṃ yāṃti pāpāni lakṣajanmakṛtānyapi

Translation

Schon durch das bloße Gedenken an jenes Tīrtha gibt es kein weiteres Verweilen im Mutterleib. Sünden, selbst in hunderttausend Geburten begangen, lösen sich auf.

Word by Word

• स्मरणात्: from (mere) remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• गर्भवासः: dwelling in the womb (rebirth)
• गर्भवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु; ‘to be/exist’ in Ātmanepada usage)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• विलयम्: dissolution/destruction
• विलयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लक्षजन्मकृतानि: done over a hundred-thousand births
• लक्षजन्मकृतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd; Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of पापानि

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-अर्थ (even/also)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous tīrtha pool by the sea with a radiant chakra sign; a devotee in meditation remembers the tīrtha, while symbolic chains of rebirth dissolve into light; sins depicted as dark mist dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha (Cakratīrtha implied)
• rebirth (garbhavāsa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred remembrance (smaraṇa) of a supremely holy place is upheld as transformative—capable of dissolving deep karmic burdens and leading toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the first principal Setu tīrtha—contextually Cakratīrtha—declaring extraordinary fruit even from mere remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devout remembrance) is explicitly indicated as an efficacious practice.