Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मंगलाख्यस्य तीर्थस्य नातिदूरेण वर्तते । तत्र गत्वा कुरु स्नानं ततो मुक्तिमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

maṃgalākhyasya tīrthasya nātidūreṇa vartate | tatra gatvā kuru snānaṃ tato muktimavāpsyasi

Translation

«Il se trouve non loin du tīrtha nommé Maṅgala. Va là-bas et accomplis le bain sacré ; alors tu obtiendras la délivrance.»

Word by Word

• मङ्गल-आख्यस्य: of (the one) named ‘Maṅgala’
• मङ्गल-आख्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मङ्गल + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (tīrthasya)

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अति-दूरेण: too far (by a great distance)
• अति-दूरेण: Karaṇa/Adverbial (Instrumental of manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास, क्रियाविशेषणार्थे

• वर्तते: is situated / exists
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sequence/Source (क्रम/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will attain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgala-tīrtha (as landmark) and the nearby unnamed mahātīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kumbhaja-anuja (Agastya’s younger brother)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rishi approaches a marked bathing spot called Maṅgala-tīrtha; nearby, a path leads toward the greater mahātīrtha at Gandhamādana. The moment centers on the resolve to bathe—hands joined, then stepping into sacred waters.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Maṅgala-tīrtha
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single, faith-filled ritual bath at the praised tīrtha is taught as a potent purifier leading toward mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṅgala-nāma tīrtha (Maṅgala-tīrtha) in the Setu sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the indicated tīrtha.