Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

साध्यामृतजले स्नाता मनुष्याः पापक र्मिणः । अनेकक्लेशघोराणि नरकाणि न यांति हि

Transliteration

sādhyāmṛtajale snātā manuṣyāḥ pāpaka rmiṇaḥ | anekakleśaghorāṇi narakāṇi na yāṃti hi

Translation

Même ceux qui ont commis des actes de péché—une fois baignés dans les eaux du Sādhyāmṛta—ne vont pas aux enfers terrifiants, pleins de maints tourments.

Word by Word

• साध्यामृतजले: in the Sādhyāmṛta water
• साध्यामृतजले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य + अमृत + जल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (साध्यानाम् अमृतं जलम्)

• स्नाताः: bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• मनुष्याः: people, humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पापकर्मिणः: sinful (doers of evil deeds)
• पापकर्मिणः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + कर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापं कर्म यस्य/येषां)

• अनेकक्लेशघोराणि: many-torment-terrible
• अनेकक्लेशघोराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + क्लेश + घोर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (अनेकाः क्लेशाः येषु, घोराणि)

• नरकाणि: hells
• नरकाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of remorseful pilgrims—some with downcast faces—enter the sacred waters; behind them loom shadowy visions of hells that dissolve into mist as the water touches their heads.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is depicted as powerful enough to redirect even sinners away from punitive post-death states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta-jala in the Setu Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in Sādhyāmṛta waters.