Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा सनकादिभ्यः कथितं तीर्थमभ्यगात् । तत्तीर्थकूलमासाद्य भ्रातरं चेदमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

brahmaṇā sanakādibhyaḥ kathitaṃ tīrthamabhyagāt | tattīrthakūlamāsādya bhrātaraṃ cedamabravīt

Translation

Il parvint à ce tīrtha que Brahmā avait décrit à Sanaka et aux autres sages. Parvenu sur sa rive, il adressa à son frère ces paroles :

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणभावे ‘by Brahmā’

• सनकादिभ्यः: to Sanaka and others
• सनकादिभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), बहुवचन; सनकः आदिः येषां ते (Sanaka and others) इति समाहारार्थे; ‘to Sanaka and others’

• कथितम्: described; told
• कथितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तीर्थम् इति विशेषणम् (‘told/described’)

• तीर्थम्: the tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अभ्यगात्: went to; approached
• अभ्यगात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तीर्थकूलम् इति विशेषणम् (‘that’)

• तीर्थकूलम्: the bank of the tīrtha
• तीर्थकूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तीर्थस्य कूलम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund) अव्ययभाव; ‘having reached/approached’

• भ्रातरम्: (his) brother
• भ्रातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; वचनस्य कर्म (‘this [speech]’)

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration); Sukarṇa about to speak

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-kathita tīrtha (unnamed) near Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sukarṇa reaches the bank of the famed tīrtha, recalling Brahmā’s teaching to Sanakādi; he turns to address his vetāla-formed brother, poised to begin the liberating act.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sanaka (Sanakādi sages)
• Sukarṇa
• Elder brother
• The great Tīrtha (near Cakratīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge culminates in sacred action: reaching the tīrtha and guiding others toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Brahmā-proclaimed tīrtha near Cakratīrtha on the southern ocean shore within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approaching the tīrtha bank as the immediate prelude to snāna and the lifting of the curse.