Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अमृतत्वं भजत्येष शंकरस्य प्रसादतः । महापातकनाशिन्यामस्यां वाप्यां निमज्जताम्

Transliteration

amṛtatvaṃ bhajatyeṣa śaṃkarasya prasādataḥ | mahāpātakanāśinyāmasyāṃ vāpyāṃ nimajjatām

Translation

ശങ്കരന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ അവൻ അമൃതത്വം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ഈ മഹാപാതകനാശിനിയായ വാപിയിൽ മുങ്ങി സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ മഹാപാപങ്ങളും നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अमृतत्वम्: immortality
• अमृतत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (abstract noun)

• भजति: attains/partakes
• भजति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एषः: this person (he)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रसादतः: by/from (his) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablatival sense: 'from/by')

• महापातकनाशिन्याम्: in (the) destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशिन्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक-नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; महा+पातक + नाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• अस्याम्: in this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• वाप्याम्: in the pond/well
• वाप्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• निमज्जताम्: (of) those who immerse/bathe
• निमज्जताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; वर्तमानकाले (for those who are immersing)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛtavāpī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and sages immerse in a luminous pond; Śiva’s unseen presence is suggested by a radiant liṅga-like aura on the bank; the water glows like nectar, signifying mahāpātaka-kṣaya and amṛtatva.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Amṛtavāpī/Amṛtavāpikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation and ‘deathlessness’ are ultimately gifts of divine grace, accessed through dhārmic tīrtha practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛtavāpī/Amṛtavāpikā, praised as a destroyer of mahāpātakas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana (immersion) in the pond, framed as a Śaiva grace-bestowing act.