Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

पादांगुष्ठेन च भवांस्तत्र कुंडं विधास्यति । सर्वतीर्थस्नान तुल्यं तत्र स्नानं च तद्दिने

Transliteration

pādāṃguṣṭhena ca bhavāṃstatra kuṃḍaṃ vidhāsyati | sarvatīrthasnāna tulyaṃ tatra snānaṃ ca taddine

Translation

Und mit deinem großen Zeh wirst du dort ein Kuṇḍa, ein heiliges Badebecken, schaffen. Das Bad dort an jenem Tag ist dem Bad in allen heiligen Tīrthas gleich.

Word by Word

• पादाङ्गुष्ठेन: with the big toe (of the foot)
• पादाङ्गुष्ठेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण

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

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कुण्डम्: a pond/pit (kuṇḍa)
• कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधास्यति: will make/construct
• विधास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थस्नान: bathing at all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थस्नान: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (सर्वेषां तीर्थानां स्नानम्), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन-रूप (stem used as first member with tulyaṃ)

• तुल्यम्: equal to
• तुल्यम्: Pradhana-visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

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

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तत्: on that
• तत्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (दिने)

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; instruction addressed to a listener within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohāṇā-kuṇḍa (kuṇḍa to be fashioned)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A heroic Pāṇḍava presses the earth with his great toe; water springs forth forming a clear kuṇḍa. Pilgrims gather with folded hands as Skanda’s presence sanctifies the waters; the scene emphasizes emergence and consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa
• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified place and time can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages, making dharma accessible through a single focused act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (sacred tank) established at the Lohāṇā locale is glorified as granting the fruit of all-tīrtha bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establish the kuṇḍa at the site and perform snāna there on the specified day; that bath is said to equal sarva-tīrtha-snāna.