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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

शतशोऽपि तथा स्नाता न शुद्धा भावदूषिताः । अंतःकरणशुद्धांश्च तान्विभूतिः पवित्रयेत्

Transliteration

śataśo'pi tathā snātā na śuddhā bhāvadūṣitāḥ | aṃtaḥkaraṇaśuddhāṃśca tānvibhūtiḥ pavitrayet

Translation

അങ്ങനെ നൂറുകണക്കിന് തവണ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താലും ഭാവം മലിനമായവർ ശുദ്ധരാകുന്നില്ല. എന്നാൽ അന്തഃകരണം ശുദ്ധമായവരെ വിഭൂതി (പവിത്ര ഭസ്മം) പാവനമാക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word
शतशःhundreds of times
शतशः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशः (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/संख्या-वाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘by hundreds, hundreds of times’)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (even/also)
तथाthus
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/in that way)
स्नाताः(those who have) bathed
स्नाताः:
Karta (Agent as described/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘(they) having bathed’
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation)
शुद्धाःpure
शुद्धाः:
Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण
भावदूषिताःtainted by (impure) disposition
भावदूषिताः:
Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभाव + दूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘भावेन दूषिताः’ (tainted in disposition)
अन्तःकरणशुद्धान्those pure in inner instrument (mind)
अन्तःकरणशुद्धान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तःकरण + शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्तःकरणस्य शुद्धाः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
विभूतिःsacred ash (vibhūti)
विभूतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पवित्रयेत्should purify
पवित्रयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपवित्रय् (धातु, नामधातु from पवित्र)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vibhūti (bhasma) as purifier (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with calm, luminous face receives vibhūti on forehead and limbs from a Śaiva guru; behind them, a crowd repeatedly bathing appears restless and darkened by smoky hues—symbolizing bhāva-doṣa vs antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi.

Characters & Entities
V
Vibhūti (sacred ash)

FAQs

Without purified intention and mind, repeated ritual bathing does not cleanse; inner purity is decisive.

The focus is doctrinal (inner purification) rather than a named geography; it aligns with Dharmāraṇya’s dharma-teaching frame.

Use of vibhūti (sacred ash) is praised as sanctifying for those possessing antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi.

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