Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यस्य महातीर्थे स्नानं कृत्वेष्टदायिनि । श्लाघमानश्च तत्तीर्थं सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

agastyasya mahātīrthe snānaṃ kṛtveṣṭadāyini | ślāghamānaśca tattīrthaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam

Translation

Après s’être baigné dans le grand tīrtha d’Agastya, dispensateur des grâces désirées, il loua ce gué sacré, renommé dans tous les mondes.

Word by Word

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• महातीर्थे: in the great sacred ford
• महातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः ‘महत् तीर्थम्’

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund) — ‘having done’

• इष्टदायिनि: wish-granting
• इष्टदायिनि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट + दायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘महातीर्थे’); समासः ‘इष्टं ददाति’ (wish-granting)

• श्लाघमानः: praising
• श्लाघमानः: Karta (Agent as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्लाघ् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that sacred ford
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः ‘तत् तीर्थम्’ (that very ford)

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/Scope)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; समासः ‘सर्वेषु लोकेषु’

• विश्रुतम्: renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’) — ‘well-known’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya Mahā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage completes a ritual bath at a luminous ford; water drips from matted hair as he stands with folded hands, praising the tīrtha. The river glows with a subtle aura, suggesting its fame across worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Agastya’s mahātīrtha
• Snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not mere travel—snāna at a true tīrtha is portrayed as spiritually transformative and boon-bestowing when done with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya’s mahātīrtha (Agastya-tīrtha), praised as world-renowned and wish-fulfilling.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna—ritual bathing at Agastya’s great sacred ford for attaining desired spiritual results.