Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

स्नातं यैश्च विशुद्ध्यर्थमत्र मद्भक्तितत्परैः । तेषां स्वर्गतयो नित्यं मुक्तिः करतले स्थिता

Transliteration

snātaṃ yaiśca viśuddhyarthamatra madbhaktitatparaiḥ | teṣāṃ svargatayo nityaṃ muktiḥ karatale sthitā

Translation

Ceux qui se baignent ici pour se purifier, entièrement voués à ma bhakti : pour eux, l’accès au ciel est assuré, et la délivrance demeure à jamais dans le creux de leur main.

Word by Word

• snātam: bathed (having bathed)
• snātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु) + kta → snāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘(कर्म) स्नातम्’—‘bathed’

• yaiḥ: by whom (by those who)
• yaiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे/कर्तृवाचक-प्रयोगे

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• viśuddhi-artham: for purification
• viśuddhi-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अर्थे) — प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of purity)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• mad-bhakti-tatparaiḥ: by those devoted to my devotion
• mad-bhakti-tatparaiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास—‘mad-bhakti’ (षष्ठी) + ‘tatpara’ (निष्ठ) ; ‘yaiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• svarga-gatayaḥ: heavenly attainments / going to heaven
• svarga-gatayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (svarga-gati = ‘going to heaven’)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kara-tale: in the palm (of the hand)
• kara-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (kara-tala = ‘palm of the hand’)

• sthitā: is situated/stands
• sthitā: Kriya (State/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) + kta → sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘muktiḥ’ इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context—Brahmā addressing Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-Sarayū Snāna (contextual tīrtha within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees at dawn bathe in the Sarayū with folded hands, water dripping from hair, while a subtle divine aura suggests svarga and mokṣa ‘in the palm’—a symbolic lotus-hand motif hovering above.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When tīrtha-bathing is joined with sincere devotion, it grants both worldly merit (svarga) and the highest goal (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s sacred bathing places as presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) undertaken for purification (viśuddhi) with steadfast bhakti.