Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

साध्यामृतजले यस्तु साघमर्षणकृन्नरः । स विधूयेह पापानि विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

sādhyāmṛtajale yastu sāghamarṣaṇakṛnnaraḥ | sa vidhūyeha pāpāni viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

Mais l’homme qui, dans les eaux de Sādhyāmṛta, accomplit le rite d’expiation qui efface le péché—secouant ici même ses fautes—est honoré dans le monde de Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• साध्यामृतजले: in the Sādhyāmṛta water
• साध्यामृतजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य-अमृत-जल (प्रातिपदिक; साध्य + अमृत + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• साघमर्षणकृत्: one who performs expiation for sin
• साघमर्षणकृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साघ-मर्षण-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; साघ + मर्षण + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण; कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कृत् = agent noun)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विधूय: having shaken off / removed
• विधूय: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: 'here')

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu's world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीयते: is glorified / honored
• महीयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is honored')

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee standing waist-deep in water performing aghamaṛṣaṇa: hands raised, sacred thread visible, mantra recitation; above, a vision of Vaikuṇṭha with Viṣṇu’s radiance welcoming the purified soul.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper expiatory practice at a tīrtha purifies one here and is linked to exalted posthumous attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta-jala within the Setu Māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aghamarṣaṇa (sin-expiating rite) performed in/with the Sādhyāmṛta waters, along with cleansing immersion.