Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सिंधुजानां तुरंगाणां जलपानाय सुव्रत । तिलवच्छ्याममुदकं यतस्तस्यां सदा बभौ

Transliteration

siṃdhujānāṃ turaṃgāṇāṃ jalapānāya suvrata | tilavacchyāmamudakaṃ yatastasyāṃ sadā babhau

Translation

ໂອ ຜູ້ຖືວຣະຕະອັນດີງາມ, ເພື່ອໃຫ້ມ້າທີ່ເກີດແຕ່ແດນສິນທຸໄດ້ດື່ມນ້ຳ, ນ້ຳໃນນັ້ນປາກົດມືດຄ້າຍເມັດງາ ຢູ່ເປັນນິດ।

Word by Word

• सिंधुजानाम्: of those born in Sindhu (region)
• सिंधुजानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंधु-ज (प्रातिपदिक; सिंधु + ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (masc. gen. pl.); विशेषण

• तुरंगाणाम्: of horses
• तुरंगाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (masc. gen. pl.)

• जलपानाय: for drinking water
• जलपानाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-पान (प्रातिपदिक; जल + पान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (neut. dat. sg.)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + व्रत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (masc. voc. sg.)

• तिलवत्: like sesame
• तिलवत्: Adverbial (उपमा/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिलवत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: वत्-प्रत्ययान्त उपमावाचक अव्यय (adverbial: like sesame)

• श्यामम्: dark
• श्यामम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (neut. nom. sg.)

• यतः: because/whence
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक अव्यय (causal indeclinable: because/whence)

• तस्याम्: in it/in that (river)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (pronoun fem. loc. sg.)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: नित्यत्ववाचक अव्यय (adverb: always)

• बभौ: shone/appeared
• बभौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत; perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd sg., Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tilodakī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvrata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river with dark, sesame-like sheen; Sindhu-bred horses drink at the bank while a sage-like narrator addresses a ‘suvrata’; the scene emphasizes the unusual color and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Sindhu
• Horses (turaṅga)
• River water (dark like sesame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas encode sacred geography through memorable signs; the river’s distinctive nature becomes a marker of tīrtha identity and sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tilodakī-associated river/tīrtha in the Ayodhyā region, characterized by sesame-dark water.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it provides tīrtha-identifying lore supporting pilgrimage observance.