Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्क्षीरसरस्तीर्थे स्नातानां पंचपातकम् । अन्यान्यपि च पापानि नाशं यास्यंति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

asminkṣīrasarastīrthe snātānāṃ paṃcapātakam | anyānyapi ca pāpāni nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

En ce tīrtha de Kṣīrasara, pour ceux qui s’y baignent, les cinq grands péchés —et même d’autres souillures— sont anéantis à l’instant même.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• क्षीर-सरस्-तीर्थे: at the pilgrimage-place of the Milk-lake
• क्षीर-सरस्-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound) क्षीरसरस्तीर्थ (genitive/determinative sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• स्नातानाम्: of those who have bathed
• स्नातानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना धातु)
• Form: भूतकृत्/कृतप्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine) बहुवचन (plural), षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive/6th)

• पञ्च-पातकम्: the five great sins
• पञ्च-पातकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom./acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom./acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom./acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• यास्यन्ति: will go to / will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् लकार (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural), परस्मैपद (parasmaipada)

• तत्-क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्-क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (determinative), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the māhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrasara

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (assembled sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a luminous, milk-hued lake/ford; the water glows like kṣīra, and dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve upon immersion; sages recite mantras on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣīrasara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere bathing at a praised tīrtha is taught as a powerful means of immediate purification and moral renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīrasara Tīrtha, presented within the Setukhaṇḍa (Setu Māhātmya) context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Kṣīrasara tīrtha.