Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अस्य तीर्थस्य यात्रायां मतिर्येषां भविष्यति । गोक्षीरेण तिलैः श्वेतैः स्नात्वा सारस्वते जले

Transliteration

asya tīrthasya yātrāyāṃ matiryeṣāṃ bhaviṣyati | gokṣīreṇa tilaiḥ śvetaiḥ snātvā sārasvate jale

Translation

Ceux dont l’esprit se tournera vers le pèlerinage à ce tīrtha—après s’être baignés dans les eaux de Sarasvatī avec du lait de vache et du sésame blanc—deviennent dignes du mérite promis aux ancêtres.

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• यात्रायाम्: in the pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मतिः: intention/mind
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/arise
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गो-क्षीरेण: with cow’s milk
• गो-क्षीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गोः क्षीरम्)

• तिलैः: with sesame seeds
• तिलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• श्वेतैः: white
• श्वेतैः: Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तिलैः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातुः—स्ना (स्नान)

• सारस्वते: in the Sarasvatī-related (Sārasvata)
• सारस्वते: Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जले)

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from continuous tīrtha narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-jala (at the tīrtha)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a riverbank perform a ceremonial bath; attendants hold a small pot of milk and a bowl of white sesame; the river is personified as Sarasvatī, gentle and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Sarasvatī
• Go-kṣīra (cow’s milk)
• Śveta-tila (white sesame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by inner resolve (mati) and purifying bath-rites performed as taught by the Purāṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This Dharmāraṇya tīrtha connected with the Sarasvatī waters (Sārasvata-jala).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) using cow’s milk and white sesame in Sarasvatī water as part of the tīrtha observance.