Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

विरंचिकुण्डे स्नात्वा वा यो जपेद्वेदमातरम् । लक्षजाप्यविधानेन स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्

Transliteration

viraṃcikuṇḍe snātvā vā yo japedvedamātaram | lakṣajāpyavidhānena sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet

Translation

അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വിരഞ്ചികുണ്ഡത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, വേദമാതാവിനെ (വാണീദേവി/വേദമന്ത്രം) ലക്ഷജപവിധിപ്രകാരം ജപിക്കുന്നവൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും।

Word by Word

• विरंचिकुण्डे: in the Viranci-kuṇḍa (pond)
• विरंचिकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरंचि-कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरणे (locative of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done earlier)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (particle of alternative)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• जपेत्: should recite/chant
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वेदमातरम्: the Mother of the Vedas (Gāyatrī)
• वेदमातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद-मातर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: by the procedure of one-lakh repetitions
• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष-जाप्य-विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/उपायार्थे (instrumental: by means of)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative pronoun)

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate adjective)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from/by sins; instrumental of separation)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viraṃcikuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a stepped pond (kuṇḍa), a pilgrim emerges from ritual bath, sits on a clean cloth facing east, counting beads for a lakṣa-japa, while a subtle presence of Vāk-devī is suggested by a veena/book/lotus motif.

Characters & Entities

• Viraṃcikuṇḍa
• Veda-mātṛ (Veda-mātaram)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is achieved through a union of tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) and disciplined mantra-japa performed according to rule.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viraṃcikuṇḍa, a Brahmā-associated sacred pond within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Viraṃcikuṇḍa and lakṣa-japa (100,000 repetitions) of ‘Veda-mātṛ’ (a sacred Vedic/Devī invocation).