Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यक्छ्रद्धावान्सुसमाहितः । मुच्यते पातकैर्घोरैः पूर्वजन्मकृतैरपि

Transliteration

tatra snāto naraḥ samyakchraddhāvānsusamāhitaḥ | mucyate pātakairghoraiḥ pūrvajanmakṛtairapi

Translation

അവിടെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ, മനസ്സു ഏകാഗ്രമാക്കി യഥാവിധി സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ, മുൻജന്മത്തിൽ ചെയ്ത ഭയങ്കര പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുപോലും മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snā (स्ना धा॒तु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: 'bathed')

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• śraddhāvān: faithful
• śraddhāvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā + vat (वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'possessing faith')

• su-samāhitaḥ: well-composed, attentive
• su-samāhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + sam-ā-hita (धा॒तु: dhā/hi?; प्रातिपदिक 'samāhita')
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः—सु + समाहित (well-composed/collected) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धा॒तु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Present, 3rd sg, passive)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins/offences
• pātakaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम् (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• ghoraiḥ: terrible
• ghoraiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural; adjective qualifying pātakaiḥ)

• pūrvajanmakṛtaiḥ: committed in a previous birth
• pūrvajanmakṛtaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva + janma + kṛta (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः—पूर्वजन्मकृत (done in a former birth); विशेषणम् (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• api: even
• api: Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-निपातः (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhṛda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes in the mountain lake with folded hands and composed posture, while the narration proclaims release from even ancient, terrible sins.

Characters & Entities

• Māmuhṛda Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

With faith and inner composure, tīrtha-bathing is celebrated as a means to cleanse even deep karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māmuhṛda Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samyak-snānā (proper bathing) at the tīrtha, done with śraddhā and mental steadiness.