Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यक्छ्रद्धावान्सुसमाहितः । मुच्यते पातकैर्घोरैः पूर्वजन्मकृतैरपि

Transliteration

tatra snāto naraḥ samyakchraddhāvānsusamāhitaḥ | mucyate pātakairghoraiḥ pūrvajanmakṛtairapi

Translation

वहाँ जो मनुष्य श्रद्धायुक्त और एकाग्र होकर विधिपूर्वक स्नान करता है, वह पूर्वजन्म में किए हुए भयंकर पापों से भी मुक्त हो जाता है।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snā (स्ना धा॒तु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: 'bathed')

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• śraddhāvān: faithful
• śraddhāvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā + vat (वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'possessing faith')

• su-samāhitaḥ: well-composed, attentive
• su-samāhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + sam-ā-hita (धा॒तु: dhā/hi?; प्रातिपदिक 'samāhita')
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः—सु + समाहित (well-composed/collected) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धा॒तु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Present, 3rd sg, passive)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins/offences
• pātakaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम् (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• ghoraiḥ: terrible
• ghoraiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural; adjective qualifying pātakaiḥ)

• pūrvajanmakṛtaiḥ: committed in a previous birth
• pūrvajanmakṛtaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva + janma + kṛta (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः—पूर्वजन्मकृत (done in a former birth); विशेषणम् (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• api: even
• api: Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-निपातः (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhṛda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes in the mountain lake with folded hands and composed posture, while the narration proclaims release from even ancient, terrible sins.

Characters & Entities

• Māmuhṛda Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

With faith and inner composure, tīrtha-bathing is celebrated as a means to cleanse even deep karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māmuhṛda Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samyak-snānā (proper bathing) at the tīrtha, done with śraddhā and mental steadiness.