Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । कुंडे हनुमतः स्नात्वा स्वयं रुद्रेण सेविते । अगस्तितीर्थं विप्रेंद्रास्ततो गच्छेत्समाहितः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | kuṃḍe hanumataḥ snātvā svayaṃ rudreṇa sevite | agastitīrthaṃ vipreṃdrāstato gacchetsamāhitaḥ

Translation

Sūta dit : Après s’être baigné dans le bassin de Hanumān—honoré même par Rudra en personne—qu’on se rende ensuite, ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, l’esprit recueilli, à Agasti Tīrtha.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• हनुमतः: of Hanumān
• हनुमतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent-emphasis/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb: oneself)

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सेविते: served, worshipped
• सेविते: Adhikarana (Location-qualified/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव् (धातु) → सेवित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; 'कुण्डे' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अगस्तितीर्थम्: Agastya’s sacred ford
• अगस्तितीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—अगस्तेः तीर्थम्

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best of brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—विप्राः एव इन्द्राः (best of brāhmaṇas)

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (Source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समाहितः: composed, attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agasti-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (best of brāhmaṇas) / assembled sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to assembled sages; in a parallel visual, pilgrims leave Hanumat-kuṇḍa with wet garments and water pots, walking a sandy coastal path toward a hermitage-like Agasti-tīrtha marked by a small shrine and sacred trees.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hanumān
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Agasti
• Agasti Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as a disciplined, mindful progression—purification by snāna followed by reverent movement to successive tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanumān Kuṇḍa and Agasti Tīrtha, within the Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu-kṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Hanumān’s Kuṇḍa and then go, with mental composure (samādhāna), to Agasti Tīrtha.