Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । संति पुण्यजलानीह सरांसि सरितो मुने । स्थाने स्थाने च तीर्थानि जितात्माध्युषितानि च

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | saṃti puṇyajalānīha sarāṃsi sarito mune | sthāne sthāne ca tīrthāni jitātmādhyuṣitāni ca

Translation

ສະກັນດະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ້ ມຸນີ, ທີ່ນີ້ມີນ້ໍາບຸນອັນບໍລິສຸດຫຼາຍ—ທັງສະລະແລະແມ່ນ້ໍາ; ແລະຕາມສະຖານທີ່ຕ່າງໆກໍມີຕີຣຖະ, ທີ່ຖືກພັກອາໄສແລະຊໍາລະໃຫ້ສັກສິດໂດຍຜູ້ສໍາລວມຕົນ ຜູ້ຊະນະຕົນ

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सन्ति: there are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्य: holy/meritorious
• पुण्य: Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (qualifier)

• जलानि: waters
• जलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; (पुण्य-जलानि = ‘holy waters’)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb ‘here’)

• सरांसि: lakes
• सरांसि: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Vedic/epic variant for सरितः = सरितः/सरितः)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• स्थाने: in (each) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (पुनरुक्ति)

• स्थाने: in (every) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• तीर्थानि: sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• जितात्म: self-controlled
• जितात्म: Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; जित = √जि (धातु) + क्त; आत्मन् = प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (meaning ‘self-controlled’)

• अध्युषितानि: inhabited (by)
• अध्युषितानि: Karta (Predicate adjective of tīrthāni)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधि-√वस् (धातु) + क्त → अध्यूषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) (जितात्म-अध्युषितानि = ‘inhabited by the self-controlled’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda instructs a sage: the landscape is dotted with lakes, rivers, and tīrthas, each enlivened by ascetics; a map-like sacred geography unfolds.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya (listener, contextual)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacredness is widespread: many waters and places become tīrthas, especially when graced by disciplined holy beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not one named site; the verse introduces the broader tīrtha-network that supports seekers who cannot reach the Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is prescribed; it sets up the teaching that multiple sacred waters and tīrthas can serve dharmic practice.