Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्नान मात्रेण संशुद्धा दिव्यदेहा भवंति ते । स्नात्वा च पूजयेद्देवं मुच्यते ज्वरबन्धनात्

Transliteration

snāna mātreṇa saṃśuddhā divyadehā bhavaṃti te | snātvā ca pūjayeddevaṃ mucyate jvarabandhanāt

Translation

സ്നാനം മാത്രം ചെയ്താൽ അവർ ശുദ്ധരായി ദിവ്യദേഹം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ദേവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ ജ്വരബന്ധനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्नान: bathing
• स्नान: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचनार्थे (instrumental sense in construction with मात्रेण); अव्ययीभावार्थे प्रयोगः (by means of bathing)

• मात्रेण: by mere (act)
• मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘मात्र’ = only/merely (instrumental: by mere measure)

• संशुद्धाः: purified
• संशुद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+शुध् (धातु) → संशुद्ध (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘fully purified’

• दिव्यदेहाः: divine-bodied
• दिव्यदेहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (having divine bodies)

• भवन्ति: become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

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

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is released)

• ज्वरबन्धनात्: from fever’s bondage
• ज्वरबन्धनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jvara-sya bandhanam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative: from the bondage)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-tīrtha (kuṇḍa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpati / king (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a stone-lined kuṇḍa at dawn; nearby stands a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Indreśvara. After bathing, devotees offer bilva, water, and lamps; a formerly fever-stricken devotee appears calm and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Indreśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred bath, when joined with devotion and worship, purifies the person and removes suffering—here symbolized by fever.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Indreśvara-related sacred kuṇḍa/tīrtha within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (bathing) in the sacred waters and then do deva-pūjā (worship of the Lord).