Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

चित्तशुद्धिं यदीच्छध्वं लघूपायेन तापसाः । उद्घोषयामि सर्वेषां जटातीर्थं निषेवत

Transliteration

cittaśuddhiṃ yadīcchadhvaṃ laghūpāyena tāpasāḥ | udghoṣayāmi sarveṣāṃ jaṭātīrthaṃ niṣevata

Translation

ഹേ തപസ്വികളേ, ലഘുവായ ഉപായത്തിൽ ചിത്തശുദ്ധി ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, ഞാൻ എല്ലാവർക്കും പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു—ജടാതീർത്ഥത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് സേവിക്കുവിൻ।

Word by Word

• चित्तशुद्धिम्: purification of mind
• चित्तशुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्तशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; चित्त + शुद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यदि: if
• यदि: Discourse connector (शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-वाचक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• इच्छध्वम्: you (pl.) desire
• इच्छध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; धातु: इष् (to desire)

• लघूपायेन: by an easy means
• लघूपायेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लघूपाय (प्रातिपदिक; लघु + उपाय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (लघुः उपायः)

• तापसाः: O ascetics
• तापसाः: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (हे तापसाः)

• उद्घोषयामि: I proclaim
• उद्घोषयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + घोष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; धातु: घोष् (to proclaim) उपसर्ग: उद्

• सर्वेषाम्: of all / for everyone
• सर्वेषाम्: Sampradana/Relation (for all; genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• जटातीर्थम्: the Jaṭā-tīrtha (sacred ford)
• जटातीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटातीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; जटा + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जटायाः तीर्थम्)

• निषेवत: resort to / visit
• निषेवत: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; धातु: सेव् (to resort/attend) उपसर्ग: नि

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭātīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāpasāḥ (ascetics)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A herald-like sage proclaims to gathered ascetics: ‘Serve Jaṭātīrtha’; in the distance a shining waterbody/riverbank with steps and a small shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Jaṭātīrtha
• Tāpasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa offers a compassionate, accessible path: sincere pilgrimage and tīrtha-sevā can quickly foster inner purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaṭātīrtha, explicitly recommended as the easy means for cittaśuddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niṣevana (regular resorting/attending) of Jaṭātīrtha—implying tīrtha-sevā and bathing as the chapter’s practice.