Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

पुरूरवा सहोर्वश्या यत्र स्नानेन संगतः । अतोऽत्र तीर्थे यः स्नायान्महापातकनाशने

Transliteration

purūravā sahorvaśyā yatra snānena saṃgataḥ | ato'tra tīrthe yaḥ snāyānmahāpātakanāśane

Translation

Là où Purūravas, par le bain sacré, fut réuni à Urvaśī ; ainsi, quiconque se baigne en ce tīrtha, destructeur des grands péchés…

Word by Word

• पुरूरवाः: Purūravas
• पुरूरवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरूरवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment marker/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहयोगार्थक: with)

• उर्वश्याः: Urvaśī
• उर्वश्याः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (सह-योगे)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक relative adverb: where)

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• संगतः: was united (with her)
• संगतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√गम् (धातु) → संगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक: therefore/from this)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक: here)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; “should bathe”

• महापातकनाशने: (in) the destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशने: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-पातक-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महापातकस्य नाशनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (तीर्थ-विशेषण), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator introducing a general rule/phalaśruti; verse appears to continue beyond the provided line)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: the tīrtha in foreground with pilgrims bathing; above, a faint vignette of Purūravas and Urvaśī as exemplar; sages narrate to assembled brāhmaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Purūravas
• Urvaśī
• Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred precedent (itihāsa-style proof) is used to extend the tīrtha’s benefit to all future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha, characterized as mahāpātaka-nāśana (destroyer of great sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha is prescribed for those seeking destruction of major sins; the statement continues beyond the excerpt.