Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

ततः पापविनाशार्थं तीर्थं लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । ततः सीतासरः पुण्यं ततो मंगलतीर्थकम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pāpavināśārthaṃ tīrthaṃ lokeṣu viśrutam | tataḥ sītāsaraḥ puṇyaṃ tato maṃgalatīrthakam

Translation

Vient ensuite le tīrtha, renommé dans les mondes pour l’anéantissement du péché. Puis se trouve le saint Sītā-saras, et ensuite l’auspicieux Maṅgala-tīrtha.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; from there
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from there)

• पापविनाशार्थम्: for the destruction of sin
• पापविनाशार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśa (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; अर्थे (purpose) — ‘पापविनाशार्थम्’ = पापस्य विनाशस्य अर्थम् (for the purpose of destroying sin)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकेषु: in the worlds; among people
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• विश्रुतम्: well-known; renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√śru (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृतान्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘तीर्थम्’ प्रति

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ (thereafter)

• सीतासरः: Sītā’s lake
• सीतासरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक) + saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘सीतायाः सरः’

• पुण्यम्: holy; meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘सीतासरः/तीर्थम्’ प्रति

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ (then/thereafter)

• मंगलतीर्थकम्: the auspicious sacred place
• मंगलतीर्थकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrthaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः — ‘मंगलं तीर्थकम्’ (auspicious tīrtha)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītā-saras; Maṅgala-tīrtha; (preceding) pāpa-vināśaka tīrtha (name implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred landscape near Setu: pilgrims moving in a line from one water-body to another—first a famed pāpa-nāśaka tīrtha, then Sītā-saras (a serene lotus pond), then Maṅgala-tīrtha marked by auspicious symbols and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Sītā-saras
• Maṅgala-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā is portrayed as moral transformation: specific sites are famed for pāpa-nāśa and for conferring maṅgala (auspiciousness).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A renowned sin-destroying tīrtha (unnamed here), Sītā-saras, and Maṅgala-tīrtha within the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is tīrtha-snāna/visitation at these named sites; no explicit dāna or japa is stated.