Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

षट्भिर्दिनैर्मुनिः पुण्यं प्रययौ गन्धमादनम् । अगस्तितीर्थतीरं च गत्वा दीर्घतमा मुनिः

Transliteration

ṣaṭbhirdinairmuniḥ puṇyaṃ prayayau gandhamādanam | agastitīrthatīraṃ ca gatvā dīrghatamā muniḥ

Translation

En six jours, le saint muni parvint au Gandhamādana ; et Dīrghatamā, s’étant rendu aussi sur la rive du tīrtha d’Agasti, poursuivit sa marche sacrée.

Word by Word

• षट्भिः: with six
• षट्भिः: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सङ्ख्यावाचक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दिनैः: days
• दिनैः: Karana (Time-measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: holy
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• प्रययौ: went
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘went’

• गन्धमादनम्: Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + मादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—गन्धं मादयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

• अगस्तितीर्थतीरम्: the bank of Agastya’s sacred ford
• अगस्तितीर्थतीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति + तीर्थ + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अगस्तेः तीर्थम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) + तस्य तीरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having gone’

• दीर्घतमा: Dīrghatamas
• दीर्घतमा: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-सम्बोधन/पुनरुक्त-कर्ता

Speaker

Sūta (narrator; implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana; Agasti-tīrtha

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone sage traverses vast sacred terrain: fragrant mountain slopes of Gandhamādana, then a serene riverbank marked as Agasti’s tīrtha with a small hermitage and water steps.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghatamā
• Gandhamādana
• Agasti
• Agasti-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with tīrthas and sacred landscapes sanctifies one’s journey; time and effort become offerings when directed toward holy ends.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agasti-tīrtha is directly named, along with Mount Gandhamādana as a sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but visiting a tīrtha-bank implies customary tīrtha practices like snāna and worship.