Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

शुद्ध्येत तत्क्षणादेव सवर्तीर्थनिमज्जनात् । तावत्सर्वाणि पापानि देहे तिष्ठंति सुव्रताः

Transliteration

śuddhyeta tatkṣaṇādeva savartīrthanimajjanāt | tāvatsarvāṇi pāpāni dehe tiṣṭhaṃti suvratāḥ

Translation

Il est purifié à l’instant même par l’immersion dans Sarvatīrtha. Jusque-là, tous les péchés demeurent logés dans le corps, ô vous aux vœux excellents.

Word by Word

• शुद्ध्येत: would be purified
• शुद्ध्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्मिन् क्षणे/तत्क्षणः)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphatic particle)

• सर्वतीर्थनिमज्जनात्: from immersion/bathing in the all-tīrtha
• सर्वतीर्थनिमज्जनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + निमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वतीर्थे निमज्जनम्)

• तावत्: until then; so long
• तावत्: Kala/Avadhi (Time-limit/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्ययम् (so long; until then)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• देहे: in the body
• देहे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain; stay
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सुव्रताः: O virtuous ones
• सुव्रताः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (O virtuous ones)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarvatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvratāḥ (good-vowed ones; likely brāhmaṇa audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim immerses fully; at the moment of submersion, dark stains/sin-symbols lift from the body and dissolve into light within the water; brāhmaṇas witness with approving gestures.

Characters & Entities

• Sarvatīrtha
• Suvratāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Immersion at the consecrated site is depicted as an immediate turning point from impurity to purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarvatīrtha is praised for instant purification through nimajjana (full immersion).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana (ritual immersion/bathing) in Sarvatīrtha.