Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स्पृष्टानि येषामंगानि साध्यामृतजलैः शुभैः । तेषां देहगतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

spṛṣṭāni yeṣāmaṃgāni sādhyāmṛtajalaiḥ śubhaiḥ | teṣāṃ dehagataṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

ആരുടെ അവയവങ്ങൾ ശുഭമായ സാധ്യാമൃതജലത്തിൽ സ്പർശിക്കപ്പെടുന്നുവോ, അവരുടെ ദേഹത്തിൽ പതിഞ്ഞ പാപം അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्पृष्टानि: touched
• स्पृष्टानि: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• अङ्गानि: limbs
• अङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• साध्यामृतजलैः: with the waters of Sādhyāmṛta
• साध्यामृतजलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य-अमृत-जल (प्रातिपदिक; साध्य + अमृत + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुभैः: auspicious
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देहगतम्: located in the body
• देहगतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देह-गत (प्रातिपदिक; देह + गत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• नश्यति: perishes
• नश्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up devotional moment: hands cupping shimmering water; droplets touch the pilgrim’s limbs; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissolves instantly into light.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with consecrated tīrtha-waters is portrayed as immediate purification from embodied sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta-jala, the sacred water associated with Setu Māhātmya in Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ritual contact and bathing—allowing the auspicious water to touch the body/limbs.