Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा निजं रूपं प्रपेदे च दिवं ययौ । अस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं मया वक्तुं न शक्यते

Transliteration

tatra snātvā nijaṃ rūpaṃ prapede ca divaṃ yayau | asya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate

Translation

Nachdem sie dort gebadet hatte, erlangte sie ihre wahre Gestalt zurück und ging in den Himmel ein. Die Größe dieses Tīrtha vermag ich nicht vollständig zu schildern.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having bathed’

• निजम्: one’s own
• निजम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपम्)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रपेदे: attained
• प्रपेदे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (दिव्-शब्दः)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

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

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness; glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म/विषय (वक्तुम् इत्यस्य)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (करण/कर्ता), एकवचन

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive): ‘to speak’

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

• शक्यते: is possible
• शक्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual—Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rambhā at the water’s edge: her stone form dissolves into radiant apsaras beauty as she emerges from the bath; a vertical composition shows her ascending toward the heavens with divine light above the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Rambhā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is portrayed as transformative—restoring dignity and freeing one from affliction—while the tīrtha’s glory is beyond ordinary speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, whose snāna is credited with restoring Rambhā and enabling ascent to heaven.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.