Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

आगत्यामृतवाप्यां च स्नात्वा नियमपूर्वकम् । रामादीनपि सेवंते ते सर्वे मुक्तिमाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

āgatyāmṛtavāpyāṃ ca snātvā niyamapūrvakam | rāmādīnapi sevaṃte te sarve muktimāpnuyuḥ

Translation

ഇവിടെ വന്ന് അമൃത-വാപിയിൽ നിയമപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, അവർ രാമാദി ദേവസ്വരൂപങ്ങളെ സേവിച്ച് ആരാധിക്കുന്നു; അവർ എല്ലാവരും മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययीभाव-रूप; कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• अमृतवाप्याम्: in the ‘Amṛta’ tank
• अमृतवाप्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत + वापी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• नियमपूर्वकम्: according to prescribed rule/with due observance
• नियमपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नियम + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन प्रयोगः

• रामादीन्: Rāma and others
• रामादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’-समासार्थे (and others)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सेवन्ते: worship/serve
• सेवन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

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

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आप्नुयुः: would attain
• आप्नुयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextually Sūta relating the Setu-khaṇḍa to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-vāpī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a sacred well/pond labeled Amṛta-vāpī, bathe with folded hands and controlled demeanor, then proceed to worship Rāma and accompanying divine forms at a nearby shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛta-vāpī
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined tīrtha-bathing joined with devotion (seva) culminates in the highest fruit—mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛta-vāpī (the sacred tank) and the associated worship at the Ekāntarāmanātha/Rāma sacred zone in Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in Amṛta-vāpī performed niyama-pūrvaka (with observances/restraints), followed by worship/service to Rāma and others.