Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मकुण्डे च पानीयं ये पिबन्ति नराः सकृत् । न तेषां संक्रमेत्पापं वाचिकं मानसं तनौ

Transliteration

brahmakuṇḍe ca pānīyaṃ ye pibanti narāḥ sakṛt | na teṣāṃ saṃkrametpāpaṃ vācikaṃ mānasaṃ tanau

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മകുണ്ഡത്തിലെ ജലം ഒരിക്കൽപോലും പാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ ദേഹത്തിലേക്ക് വാക്കിനാലോ മനസ്സിനാലോ ഉണ്ടായ പാപം പ്രവേശിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: at Brahma-kuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरणे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पानीयम्: water (drinkable)
• पानीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of drinking)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• पिबन्ति: drink
• पिबन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नराः: people/men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्ता

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: once)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of them)

• संक्रमेत्: would transfer/affect
• संक्रमेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृवत् (as subject of intransitive sense: sin would pass)

• वाचिकम्: verbal
• वाचिकम्: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापम् विशेषणम्

• मानसम्: mental
• मानसम्: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पापम् विशेषणम्

• तनौ: in the body
• तनौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in the body)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim cups hands to sip clear kuṇḍa water while sages look on; subtle depiction of purified speech (a calm mouth) and mind (a serene brow), with the kuṇḍa shimmering in morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-jala received with faith is portrayed as a powerful purifier, cleansing subtle faults of speech and mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāna—drinking the sacred water of Brahmakuṇḍa, even once.