Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अनेकक्लेशसंपूर्णं गर्भवासं न पश्यति । यत्र सीताऽनलं प्राप्ता तस्मिन्कुंडे निमज्जनात्

Transliteration

anekakleśasaṃpūrṇaṃ garbhavāsaṃ na paśyati | yatra sītā'nalaṃ prāptā tasminkuṃḍe nimajjanāt

Translation

En s’immergeant dans l’étang où Sītā entra dans le feu, on ne revoit plus la demeure du sein maternel, pleine de multiples tourments.

Word by Word

• अनेकक्लेशसंपूर्णम्: filled with many sufferings
• अनेकक्लेशसंपूर्णम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (अनेकैः क्लेशैः संपूर्णम्) = neuter accusative singular; विशेषणम् (गर्भवासम्)

• गर्भवासम्: dwelling in the womb
• गर्भवासम्: Karman (Direct object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (गर्भे वासः) = masculine accusative singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) = indeclinable (negation)

• पश्यति: sees, experiences
• पश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्/√दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = present indicative, 3rd person singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative relation/अधिकरण-संबन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक) = indeclinable (relative adverb ‘where’)

• सीता: Sītā
• सीता: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = feminine nominative singular

• अनलम्: fire
• अनलम्: Karman (Direct object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = masculine accusative singular

• प्राप्ता: entered, reached
• प्राप्ता: Kriyā (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि = feminine nominative singular; past participle used predicatively (‘having reached/entered’)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = locative singular; निर्देशक सर्वनाम

• कुण्डे: in the pit/fire-pit
• कुण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = neuter locative singular

• निमज्जनात्: from immersion/dipping
• निमज्जनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Reason/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; नि-उपसर्ग + √मज्ज् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन = neuter ablative singular; हेतु-अर्थे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītā-kuṇḍa (Agni-praveśa-smṛti)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene stone-lined kuṇḍa with clear water; Sītā’s agni-praveśa is evoked symbolically by a sacred fire altar nearby; pilgrims immerse quietly, seeking liberation; lotuses float on the surface.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Agni (anala)
• Rāma-setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Immersion in a consecrated tīrtha associated with divine virtue is taught as a means toward liberation from repeated birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa (sacred pool) at Setu associated with Sītā’s entry into fire (Agni).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/avagāha (ritual immersion) in the Sītā-associated kuṇḍa.