Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वरोगात्प्रमुच्येत परं सुखमवाप्नुयात् । तीर्थानि राम सर्वत्र स्नानपानावगाहनैः

Transliteration

sarvarogātpramucyeta paraṃ sukhamavāpnuyāt | tīrthāni rāma sarvatra snānapānāvagāhanaiḥ

Translation

Ô Rāma, on serait délivré de toutes les maladies et l’on obtiendrait la félicité suprême, car les tīrthas partout accordent de tels fruits par le bain, la boisson de leurs eaux et l’immersion.

Word by Word

• सर्वरोगात्: from all disease
• सर्वरोगात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वः रोगः’ इति कर्मधारय

• प्रमुच्येत: would be released
• प्रमुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे अर्थः — ‘would be freed’

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सुखम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्यरूपेण

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Adverbial location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• स्नानपानावगाहनैः: by bathing, drinking, and immersion
• स्नानपानावगाहनैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + पान + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (snāna-pāna-avagāhana)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addresses Rāma while gesturing toward multiple tīrthas—rivers, ponds, ghats—where pilgrims bathe, sip water, and immerse; imagery emphasizes healing and serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters heal body and uplift spirit; tīrtha practice integrates physical ritual with inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse speaks generally of tīrthas everywhere, within the broader Dharmāraṇya praise-context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), pāna (drinking tīrtha-water), and avagāha (ritual immersion).