Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततश्चाप्सरसां कुंडे स्नात्वैकं रविवासरम् । पामया संपरित्यक्तो बुद्ध्येव विषयात्मकः

Transliteration

tataścāpsarasāṃ kuṃḍe snātvaikaṃ ravivāsaram | pāmayā saṃparityakto buddhyeva viṣayātmakaḥ

Translation

അനന്തരം അവൻ അപ്സരാസാം കുണ്ഡത്തിൽ ഒരു ഞായറാഴ്ച സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു; പാമാ (ചർമ്മരോഗം) അവനെ പൂർണ്ണമായി വിട്ടുപോയി—സമ്യഗ്ബുദ്ധിയാൽ മനസ് വിഷയങ്ങളെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

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

• अप्सरसाम्: of the apsarases
• अप्सरसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन — 'of the apsarases'

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन — 'in the pond'

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी — 'having bathed'

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — 'one (day)' (qualifying 'ravivāsaram')

• रविवासरम्: Sunday (day of the Sun)
• रविवासरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — 'a Sunday' (ravi-vasara)

• पामया: by a skin disease (pāmā)
• पामया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन — 'by/with pāmā (a skin disease)'

• संपरित्यक्तः: completely abandoned (freed)
• संपरित्यक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — 'having been completely abandoned/left'

• बुद्ध्या: by intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन — 'by (his) intellect'

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparator/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of comparison): उपमा (like/as)

• विषयात्मकः: of the nature of sense-objects
• विषयात्मकः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषय + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — 'having the nature of sense-objects' (qualifying the subject)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Apsarasāṃ Kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diseased brāhmaṇa bathes in a lotus-ringed kunda on a Sunday; as he emerges, the skin affliction falls away like a shed garment, while a subtle aura of clarity surrounds his head, suggesting buddhi’s victory over sense-objects.

Characters & Entities

• Apsarasāṃ Kuṇḍa
• Ravivāsara (Sunday)
• Pāma (skin disease)
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is both outer and inner: the tīrtha removes affliction, while the verse likens true release to wisdom that lets go of sense-attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Apsarasāṃ Kuṇḍa (the pond associated with the Apsarases) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at Apsarasāṃ Kuṇḍa specifically on Ravivāsara (Sunday).