Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

शुद्धिप्रदं तथा भूयान्महापातकनाशनम् । महाशांतिकरं पुंसां सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

śuddhipradaṃ tathā bhūyānmahāpātakanāśanam | mahāśāṃtikaraṃ puṃsāṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradāyakam

Translation

ഈ തീർത്ഥം സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ശുദ്ധി നൽകുകയും മഹാപാതകങ്ങളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. മനുഷ്യർക്കു മഹാശാന്തി പ്രദാനം ചെയ്ത് എല്ലാ അഭീഷ്ടങ്ങളും നിറവേറ്റുന്നു॥

Word by Word

• śuddhi-pradam: bestowing purity
• śuddhi-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (कृदन्त; √dā (धातु) + pra- + -a)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjectival)

• tathā: also; likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ (indeclinable; adverb/conjunctive ‘also/likewise’)

• bhūyān: greater; more excellent
• bhūyān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūyas (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक/अधिकतर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; comparative ‘greater/more’)

• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of great sins
• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• mahā-śānti-karam: bringing great peace
• mahā-śānti-karam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (कृदन्त; √kṛ (धातु) + -a)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• puṃsām: of men; of people
• puṃsām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (masculine genitive plural)

• sarva-abhīṣṭa-pradāyakam: giver of all desired things
• sarva-abhīṣṭa-pradāyakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + abhīṣṭa (कृदन्त; √iṣ (धातु) + abhi- + -ta, ‘desired’) + pradāyaka (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; pra- + √dā (धातु) + -yaka)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahēśvara) (contextual, praising the tīrtha/kuṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍa-dvaya of Setukṣetra (named after the two goddesses in the narrative context)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a luminous pair of temple-adjacent sacred pools; water gleams like molten silver; priests chant; devotees offer flowers and lamps; the atmosphere conveys cleansing and deep calm.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tīrthas are portrayed as powerful means of inner purification, peace, and the removal of heavy karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The praise refers to the sacred tīrtha/kuṇḍa(s) being described in Setukhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 40 (later specified as a ‘tīrtha-dvaya’/pair of sites).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-related merit—especially snāna (ritual bathing), elaborated in the following verses.