Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

छलेन मुमुचे सद्यः सपत्नीजयदोषतः । अतोऽत्र तीर्थे ये स्नांति मानवाः शुदमानसाः

Transliteration

chalena mumuce sadyaḥ sapatnījayadoṣataḥ | ato'tra tīrthe ye snāṃti mānavāḥ śudamānasāḥ

Translation

Par un stratagème, elle fut aussitôt délivrée de la faute née de la victoire sur une coépouse. C’est pourquoi ceux qui se baignent en ce tīrtha l’esprit purifié sont affranchis de telles souillures.

Word by Word

• छलेन: by deceit, by trickery
• छलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• मुमुचे: was released, got freed
• मुमुचे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb ‘immediately’)

• सपत्नीजयदोषतः: due to the fault of defeating a co-wife
• सपत्नीजयदोषतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक) + जय (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb ‘because of/from’); समासः (सपत्न्याः जयस्य दोषः)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निगमन (therefore)

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

• तीर्थे: at/in the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• स्नान्ति: bathe
• स्नान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शुद्धमानसाः: pure-minded
• शुद्धमानसाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुद्धं मानसं येषाम्/शुद्धमानसाः)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrasara / Kṣīra-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic release: Kadrū emerges from the white waters with a softened expression; dark, smoky ‘doṣa’ motifs dissipate into the air, while sages witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Kadrū (implied)
• Kṣīrasara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External pilgrimage is most effective when joined with inner purity; the tīrtha is praised as removing moral taints.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīrasara Tīrtha (within the Setukhaṇḍa narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, explicitly coupled with śuddha-manas (purity of mind).