Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं मया च द्विजपुंगव । श्रद्धया परया तत्र कृतं स्नानं विशेषतः

Transliteration

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ mayā ca dvijapuṃgava | śraddhayā parayā tatra kṛtaṃ snānaṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Ayant contemplé ce grand prodige, ô le plus éminent des brāhmaṇa, moi aussi je me baignai en ce lieu avec une foi suprême, tout particulièrement selon une observance sacrée.

Word by Word

• tat: that (event)
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘दृश्’ (to see)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (āścaryam)

• āścaryam: wonder
• āścaryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dvijapuṃgava: O best of brāhmaṇas
• dvijapuṃgava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dvijānāṃ puṃgavaḥ)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• parayā: supreme/great
• parayā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (śraddhayā)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kṛtam: was performed
• kṛtam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कृतम्’ — ‘done/performed’ (snānam)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa Ayodhyāmāhātmya dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāpamocana Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'dvijapuṅgava' (foremost of brāhmaṇas).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator-figure (a brāhmaṇa) watches the flower-shower and vimāna ascent, then steps into the tīrtha waters with folded hands, eyes closed in śraddhā.

Characters & Entities

• snāna
• śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) deepens the fruit of tīrtha practices; witnessing sacred power inspires stronger observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the Pāpamocana Tīrtha in Ayodhyā described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna performed with parā-śraddhā (supreme faith), and undertaken viśeṣataḥ (as a special observance).