Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

मयात्र सर्वतीर्थानां मनसाकर्षणादिदम् । मानसं तीर्थमित्याख्यां लप्स्यते भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्

Transliteration

mayātra sarvatīrthānāṃ manasākarṣaṇādidam | mānasaṃ tīrthamityākhyāṃ lapsyate bhuktimuktidam

Translation

Ici, par ma puissance mentale attirant tous les tīrthas, ce lieu recevra le nom de « Mānasa Tīrtha » ; il accorde à la fois bhukti (jouissance) et mukti (délivrance).

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Karta (Agent-instrument/करण/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3/करण), एकवचन — instrumental ‘by me’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय — adverb ‘here’

• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण), एकवचन — instrumental ‘by mind’

• आकर्षणात्: from (the act of) drawing/attraction
• आकर्षणात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक; आ+कृष् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन — ablative ‘from/through attraction’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मानसम्: mental, of the mind
• मानसम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — adjective qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’ (understood as predicate)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford; pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (Predicative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — predicate nominative with ‘इदम्’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात — quotative particle

• आख्याम्: the name/designation
• आख्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — object of ‘लप्स्यते’

• लप्स्यते: will obtain
• लप्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘will obtain/receive’

• भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्: giver of enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति-मुक्ति-द (प्रातिपदिक; भुक्ति + मुक्ति + द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — adjective of ‘इदम्/तीर्थम्’

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Śambhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasa Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sucarita

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous pool labeled ‘Mānasa Tīrtha’ with subtle visualized thought-forms: river-goddesses and tīrtha symbols emerging from the sage’s meditative aura and entering the water, signifying mental attraction of all tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mānasa Tīrtha
• Sarvatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will can concentrate sacred power in one place; a tīrtha can grant both dharmic prosperity (bhukti) and final freedom (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānasa Tīrtha, identified within Setukhaṇḍa as a Sarvatīrtha-bearing sacred spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse frames the tīrtha’s origin and promised fruits; the practical rite is tīrtha-snāna, elaborated immediately after.