Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सन्निधानं कुरुष्व त्वं सर्वपापविनाशनम् । त्वत्सन्निधानात्सर्वेषां स्नातानां पापिनामिह

Transliteration

sannidhānaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam | tvatsannidhānātsarveṣāṃ snātānāṃ pāpināmiha

Translation

നീ ഇവിടെ നിന്റെ സന്നിധാനം സ്ഥാപിക്കണമേ—അത് സർവ്വപാപവിനാശകം. നിന്റെ സന്നിധാനത്താൽ ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന പാപികളുടേയും പാപം ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सन्निधानम्: presence, proximity
• सन्निधानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरुष्व: do, make
• कुरुष्व: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सर्वपापविनाशनम्: destroying all sins
• सर्वपापविनाशनम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (पापानां विनाशनम्; ‘destroyer of sins’ with सर्व- उपपद); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सन्निधानस्य विशेषणम्

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (त्वत्तः-रूपेण)

• सन्निधानात्: from (your) presence
• सन्निधानात्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; स्नातानां पापिनाम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• स्नातानाम्: of those who have bathed
• स्नातानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used substantively); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• पापिनाम्: of sinners
• पापिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: here)

Speaker

Gālava (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmatīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sudarśana’s radiant presence hovers over a stepped bathing ghat; pilgrims enter the water, their dark karmic ‘stains’ depicted as dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrāyudha
• Dharmatīrtha (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually transformative when divine presence is invoked; bathing there leads to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Cakrāyudha-associated tīrtha (Dharmatīrtha/Cakratīrtha in this episode).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is highlighted as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-removal).