Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थजले स्नात्वा कस्मिंश्चिद्देवतालये । शुश्राव देवमुख्यानां पुण्यां पौराणिकीं कथाम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthajale snātvā kasmiṃściddevatālaye | śuśrāva devamukhyānāṃ puṇyāṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām

Translation

Là, après s’être baignée dans les eaux du tīrtha, elle entendit, dans un certain sanctuaire, un saint récit purāṇique au sujet du plus éminent des dieux.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: there)

• तीर्थजले: in the sacred water
• तीर्थजले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: तीर्थस्य जलम्

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having bathed'

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कस्मिन् + चित् (सर्वनाम + निपात)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (contextual), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• देवतालये: in a temple
• देवतालये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: देवतायाः आलयः

• शुश्राव: heard
• शुश्राव: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• देवमुख्यानाम्: of the chief gods
• देवमुख्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष: देवानां मुख्याः

• पुण्याम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying 'कथाम्')

• पौराणिकीम्: purāṇic, from the Purāṇas
• पौराणिकीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौराणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying 'कथाम्')

• कथाम्: story, narration
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not identifiable from the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa tīrtha-jala (local tīrtha waters)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Gokarṇa tīrtha, the woman completes a ritual bath, then sits in a temple hall listening to a Purāṇic storyteller; lamps, liṅga/altar, and attentive devotees surround.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is strengthened by both tīrtha-snānā and śravaṇa (hearing) of sacred Purāṇic teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Gokarṇa pilgrimage setting and highlights bathing in its tīrtha waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in tīrtha-water and attending kathā in a devatālayā (temple) are indicated.