Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

जन्ममृत्य्वादिनक्रौघसंसारार्णवतारणे । कुम्भीपाकादिसकलनरकाग्निविनाशने

Transliteration

janmamṛtyvādinakraughasaṃsārārṇavatāraṇe | kumbhīpākādisakalanarakāgnivināśane

Translation

Il fait traverser l’océan du saṃsāra, encombré des crocodiles de la naissance, de la mort et du reste ; il anéantit les feux de tous les enfers, à commencer par Kumbhīpāka.

Word by Word

• जन्ममृत्य्वादिनक्रौघसंसारार्णवतारणे: in (that which is) the means of crossing the ocean of saṃsāra with a flood of crocodiles such as birth and death
• जन्ममृत्य्वादिनक्रौघसंसारार्णवतारणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म-मृत्यु-आदि-नक्र-ओघ-संसार-अर्णव-तारण (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपद-समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative ‘in the (means of) crossing the ocean of saṃsāra…’

• कुम्भीपाकादिसकलनरकाग्निविनाशने: in (that which is) the destroyer of the fires of all hells such as Kumbhīpāka
• कुम्भीपाकादिसकलनरकाग्निविनाशने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भीपाक-आदि-सकल-नरक-अग्नि-विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुपद-समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative ‘in the destroyer of the hell-fires…’

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Śambhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasa Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sucarita

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegory: a vast ocean labeled saṃsāra with crocodiles named birth and death; the tīrtha appears as a radiant ford/bridge. In the distance, hellfire scenes (Kumbhīpāka) are quenched by a stream of sacred water/light emanating from the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Saṃsāra
• Kumbhīpāka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is depicted as a salvific refuge: it rescues beings from cyclic existence and the consequences of sin symbolized as hellish fires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarvatīrtha/Mānasa Tīrtha of Setukhaṇḍa, extolled for delivering devotees from saṃsāra and naraka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here; within the passage the intended means is tīrtha-snāna and devotion at this site.