Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

ततः सकलपापघ्नी नाम्ना चामृतवापिका । ब्रह्मकुण्डं ततस्तीर्थं ततः कुंडं हनूमतः

Transliteration

tataḥ sakalapāpaghnī nāmnā cāmṛtavāpikā | brahmakuṇḍaṃ tatastīrthaṃ tataḥ kuṃḍaṃ hanūmataḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ‘അമൃത-വാപികാ’; അത് ‘സകല-പാപ-ഘ്നീ’ എന്ന പേരിലും പ്രസിദ്ധം—എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതു. തുടർന്ന് പവിത്ര ബ്രഹ്മ-കുണ്ഡ തീർത്ഥം, പിന്നെ ഹനൂമാന്റെ കുണ്ഡം.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• सकलपापघ्नी: (the) destroyer of all sins
• सकलपापघ्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghnī (प्रातिपदिक; √han/√ghn- ‘to slay’ से)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः — ‘सकलानां पापानां घ्नी’ (destroyer of all sins)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘नाम्ना’ = ‘नामेन’ (by name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय) — conjunction

• अमृतवापिका: the nectar-well/pond
• अमृतवापिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + vāpikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘अमृतस्य वापिका’

• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Brahmā’s pond
• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘ब्रह्मणः कुण्डम्’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• कुण्डम्: pond; basin
• कुण्डम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हनूमतः: of Hanumān
• हनूमतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanūmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-vāpikā (Sakala-pāpa-ghnī); Brahma-kuṇḍa; Hanūmat-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three sacred ponds in a coastal sacred complex: Amṛta-vāpikā shimmering with a luminous ‘nectar’ sheen; Brahma-kuṇḍa with a small Brahmā shrine/lotus-seat symbol; Hanūmat-kuṇḍa with a red-flagged Hanūmān icon and devotees offering sindūra and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛta-vāpikā
• Sakala-pāpa-ghnī
• Brahma-kuṇḍa
• Hanūmān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is both moral and sacred-geographical: named ponds (vāpikā/kuṇḍa) embody concentrated merit and the promise of total pāpa-nāśa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛta-vāpikā (also called Sakala-pāpa-ghnī), Brahma-kuṇḍa, and Hanūmat-kuṇḍa in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: bathing/ablutions at these kuṇḍas and vāpikā; the verse emphasizes their sin-destroying fame.