Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

पादांगुष्ठेन च भवांस्तत्र कुंडं विधास्यति । सर्वतीर्थस्नान तुल्यं तत्र स्नानं च तद्दिने

Transliteration

pādāṃguṣṭhena ca bhavāṃstatra kuṃḍaṃ vidhāsyati | sarvatīrthasnāna tulyaṃ tatra snānaṃ ca taddine

Translation

നീ നിന്റെ പാദാംഗുഷ്ഠംകൊണ്ട് അവിടെ ഒരു കുണ്ഡം നിർമ്മിക്കും. ആ ദിനത്തിൽ അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നത് സർവതീർത്ഥസ്നാനത്തോട് തുല്യം.

Word by Word

• पादाङ्गुष्ठेन: with the big toe (of the foot)
• पादाङ्गुष्ठेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कुण्डम्: a pond/pit (kuṇḍa)
• कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधास्यति: will make/construct
• विधास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थस्नान: bathing at all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थस्नान: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (सर्वेषां तीर्थानां स्नानम्), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन-रूप (stem used as first member with tulyaṃ)

• तुल्यम्: equal to
• तुल्यम्: Pradhana-visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• तत्: on that
• तत्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (दिने)

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; instruction addressed to a listener within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohāṇā-kuṇḍa (kuṇḍa to be fashioned)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A heroic Pāṇḍava presses the earth with his great toe; water springs forth forming a clear kuṇḍa. Pilgrims gather with folded hands as Skanda’s presence sanctifies the waters; the scene emphasizes emergence and consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa
• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified place and time can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages, making dharma accessible through a single focused act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (sacred tank) established at the Lohāṇā locale is glorified as granting the fruit of all-tīrtha bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establish the kuṇḍa at the site and perform snāna there on the specified day; that bath is said to equal sarva-tīrtha-snāna.