Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तप्तकुण्डे न संशयः । स्नानं विधाय तत्रैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti taptakuṇḍe na saṃśayaḥ | snānaṃ vidhāya tatraiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

En el Taptakuṇḍa alcanza ciertamente ese mismo fruto, sin duda alguna. Tras bañarse allí mismo, queda liberado de todos los pecados.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular) — विशेषण (demonstrative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• samavāpnoti: attains/obtains
• samavāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√āp (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्+अव
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• taptakuṇḍe: in the heated pond/pit
• taptakuṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त, √tap) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular) — कर्मधारयः ‘तप्तं कुण्डम्’

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• vidhāya: having performed
• vidhāya: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘कृत्वा’ अर्थे

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sarvapāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarvapāpaiḥ: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural) — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘सर्वेषां पापानाम्’

• pramucyate: is freed/released
• pramucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular) — कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya (a Purāṇic speaker addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa / Rājan (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a steaming sacred kuṇḍa (Taptakuṇḍa), offering arghya and folding hands; the water glows as if warmed by solar presence, suggesting immediate purification.

Characters & Entities

• Taptakuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing (snāna) performed with faith at an empowered tīrtha is taught as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Taptakuṇḍa is praised as a place where the promised spiritual fruit is certainly obtained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Taptakuṇḍa, leading to liberation from sins.