Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

महारोगात्प्रमुच्येत तत्र स्नात्वारुणोदये । सांबादित्यं प्रपूज्यापि धर्ममक्षयमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

mahārogātpramucyeta tatra snātvāruṇodaye | sāṃbādityaṃ prapūjyāpi dharmamakṣayamāpnuyāt

Translation

En s’y baignant à l’aurore, on est délivré des maladies redoutables ; et en vénérant Sāmbāditya, on obtient un mérite de dharma impérissable.

Word by Word

• महारोगात्: from a great disease
• महारोगात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् रोगः)

• प्रमुच्येत: would be freed
• प्रमुच्येत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘be released’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/Preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• अरुणोदये: at dawn
• अरुणोदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सांबादित्यम्: Sāmba-Āditya
• सांबादित्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रपूज्य: having worshipped
• प्रपूज्य: Kriya (क्रिया/Preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र- पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• धर्मम्: dharma/merit
• धर्मम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन् + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थः (क्षयरहितम्)

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbakuṇḍa / Sāmbāditya-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes at dawn in the kuṇḍa, then approaches the Sāmbāditya shrine with offerings; a subtle visual contrast shows illness dissolving into light; priests chant as the sun rises.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbāditya
• Aruṇodaya
• Sāmbakuṇḍa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā and deity-pūjā are presented as twin disciplines: relieving suffering and establishing lasting merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the Sāmbakuṇḍa/Sāmbāditya sacred complex in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at aruṇodaya at the tīrtha, followed by worship (pūjā) of Sāmbāditya.