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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तीर्थेषु कार्यं स्नानं चेत्युक्तं मुनिवरैरपि । अंगप्रक्षालनं स्नानमुक्तं मां निंदसे कुतः

Transliteration

tīrtheṣu kāryaṃ snānaṃ cetyuktaṃ munivarairapi | aṃgaprakṣālanaṃ snānamuktaṃ māṃ niṃdase kutaḥ

Translation

最上の聖仙たちでさえ、ティールタにて沐浴すべしと説いた。しかも「沐浴」とは四肢を洗い清めることと定義されている。ならば、なぜ私を罵るのか。

Word by Word
तीर्थेषुin sacred fords/places of pilgrimage
तीर्थेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)
कार्यम्to be done/required
कार्यम्:
Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative: 'to be done')
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
इतिthus
इति:
Avyaya (Quotative/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)
उक्तम्has been said
उक्तम्:
Kriya (Statement/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (said/declared)
मुनिवरैःby the best sages
मुनिवरैः:
Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय: 'वराः मुनयः'
अपिalso
अपि:
Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अप्यर्थक (also/even)
अङ्गप्रक्षालनम्washing of the limbs
अङ्गप्रक्षालनम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रक्षालन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'अङ्गानां प्रक्षालनम्'
स्नानम्(is) bathing
स्नानम्:
Samanaadhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उक्तम्is said
उक्तम्:
Kriya (Statement/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
निन्दसेyou blame/censure
निन्दसे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनिन्द् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
कुतःwhy/from where
कुतः:
Hetu-prashna (Cause-question/हेतु-प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative adverb: 'whence/why')
Speaker

Bhīma (continuing his reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker (Bhīma) gestures toward the water, citing sages; the mood is didactic—hands indicating limbs being washed, with tīrtha-bank in view.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhīma

FAQs

Right practice at tīrthas is grounded in śāstric definition—bathing is fundamentally bodily purification done with reverence.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the general sanctity and purpose of tīrtha-bathing.

Snāna at tīrthas is prescribed, and snāna is identified as aṅga-prakṣālana (washing the body/limbs).

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