Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

प्रयतः स्नापय सुतं तीर्थे पापविनाशने । स्नानेन त्रिदिनं तत्र ब्रह्मरक्षो विनश्यति

Transliteration

prayataḥ snāpaya sutaṃ tīrthe pāpavināśane | snānena tridinaṃ tatra brahmarakṣo vinaśyati

Translation

Avec la discipline requise, fais baigner ton fils au tīrtha Pāpavināśana, qui détruit les péchés. Par le bain accompli là durant trois jours, le Brahmarākṣasa est détruit.

Word by Word

• प्रयतः: restrained, purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण—‘त्वम्’ (अध्याहृत)

• स्नापय: bathe (cause to bathe)
• स्नापय: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त—‘cause to bathe’

• सुतम्: the son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पाप-विनाशने: sin-destroying
• पाप-विनाशने: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘पापस्य विनाशनम्’ (sin-destroying); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• त्रिदिनम्: for three days
• त्रिदिनम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक): ‘त्रीणि दिनानि’ = three days; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (अव्ययीभाववत् कालपरिमाणे), एकवचन

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

• ब्रह्मरक्षः: the brahma-rākṣasa (demon)
• ब्रह्मरक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अकारान्त-नपुंसक), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विनश्यति: perishes
• विनश्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāpavināśana

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sea-side ghāṭa, the father carefully bathes his son under guidance; three-day cycle suggested by three rising suns or three lamps; a dark, fading shadow-form symbolizes the departing brahmarākṣasa.

Characters & Entities

• Pāpavināśana-tīrtha
• Brahmarākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined practice at a sanctified place converts divine grace into tangible relief, dissolving deep-seated affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāpavināśana-tīrtha in the Setu (Rāmasetu) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) for three days at Pāpavināśana-tīrtha, performed with personal discipline (prayatna/śauca).