Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अस्मिंस्तीर्थे निमग्ना ये भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः । ते सर्वे मुक्तिभाजः स्युर्महापातकमोचिताः

Transliteration

asmiṃstīrthe nimagnā ye bhaktipravaṇacetasaḥ | te sarve muktibhājaḥ syurmahāpātakamocitāḥ

Translation

ഭക്തിയിലേക്കു ചായുന്ന മനസ്സോടെ ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ മുങ്ങുന്നവർ എല്ലാവരും മഹാപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതരായി മോക്ഷത്തിന്റെ ഭാഗഭാക്കാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• निमग्नाः: immersed (bathed)
• निमग्नाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + मज्ज् (धातु) → निमग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः: whose minds are inclined to devotion
• भक्तिप्रवणचेतसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + प्रवण + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः: 'भक्तौ प्रवणं चेतः येषां ते'

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• मुक्तिभाजः: partakers of liberation
• मुक्तिभाजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति + भाज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); तत्पुरुषः: 'मुक्तेः भाजः' (partakers of liberation)

• स्युः: would be / shall become
• स्युः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural), परस्मैपदम्

• महापातकमोचिताः: freed from great sins
• महापातकमोचिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + मोचित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); तत्पुरुषः: 'महापातकेभ्यः मोचिताः' (freed from great sins)

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration; reporting the tīrtha’s boon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees with folded hands immerse in Kapitīrtha; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water while a calm luminous aura rises, symbolizing mokṣa and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice bears its highest fruit when joined with bhakti; devotion transforms bathing into a liberating, purifying act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, praised as granting mokṣa and freedom from great sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/snānā—immersive bathing in the tīrtha—performed with a devotional disposition.