Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अस्मिंस्तीर्थे निमग्ना ये भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः । ते सर्वे मुक्तिभाजः स्युर्महापातकमोचिताः

Transliteration

asmiṃstīrthe nimagnā ye bhaktipravaṇacetasaḥ | te sarve muktibhājaḥ syurmahāpātakamocitāḥ

Translation

Wer in diesem Tīrtha untertaucht, mit einem Herzen, das zur Hingabe geneigt ist— sie alle werden Teilhaber der Befreiung (mokṣa) und von schweren Sünden gelöst.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• निमग्नाः: immersed (bathed)
• निमग्नाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + मज्ज् (धातु) → निमग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः: whose minds are inclined to devotion
• भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + प्रवण + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः: 'भक्तौ प्रवणं चेतः येषां ते'

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• मुक्तिभाजः: partakers of liberation
• मुक्तिभाजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति + भाज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); तत्पुरुषः: 'मुक्तेः भाजः' (partakers of liberation)

• स्युः: would be / shall become
• स्युः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural), परस्मैपदम्

• महापातकमोचिताः: freed from great sins
• महापातकमोचिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + मोचित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); तत्पुरुषः: 'महापातकेभ्यः मोचिताः' (freed from great sins)

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration; reporting the tīrtha’s boon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees with folded hands immerse in Kapitīrtha; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water while a calm luminous aura rises, symbolizing mokṣa and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice bears its highest fruit when joined with bhakti; devotion transforms bathing into a liberating, purifying act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, praised as granting mokṣa and freedom from great sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/snānā—immersive bathing in the tīrtha—performed with a devotional disposition.