Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

पञ्चम्यामपि शुक्लायां श्रावणस्य विशेषतः । अन्यदा पर्वणि श्रेष्ठं विशेषं स्नानमाचरेत् । सहस्रधारातीर्थे च नरः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

pañcamyāmapi śuklāyāṃ śrāvaṇasya viśeṣataḥ | anyadā parvaṇi śreṣṭhaṃ viśeṣaṃ snānamācaret | sahasradhārātīrthe ca naraḥ svargamavāpnuyāt

Translation

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ശ്രാവണ മാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ലപക്ഷ പഞ്ചമിയിലും, മറ്റു ശ്രേഷ്ഠ പർവ്വദിനങ്ങളിലും, വിശേഷസ്നാനം ആചരിക്കണം. സഹസ്രധാരാ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• पञ्चम्याम्: on the fifth (lunar day)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also/even’

• शुक्लायाम्: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘(तिथौ) शुक्लपक्षे’ इत्यर्थे

• श्रावणस्य: of Śrāvaṇa (month)
• श्रावणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; मासनाम

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/विशेषार्थे ‘especially’

• अन्यदा: at other times
• अन्यदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय ‘at other times’

• पर्वणि: on a festival/holy day
• पर्वणि: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• श्रेष्ठम्: best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्नानम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• विशेषम्: special
• विशेषम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्नानम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; विध्यर्थः ‘should practice’

• सहस्रधारातीर्थे: at Sahasradhārā-tīrtha
• सहस्रधारातीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रधारा + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सहस्रधारायाः तीर्थम् (the Sahasradhārā tīrtha)

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

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Gati-Karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasradhārā Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) interlocutor in the section

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims assemble at Sahasradhārā—water cascading in many threads—on Śrāvaṇa bright fifth; they bathe, offer water-libations, and observe festival sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa (month)
• Śukla Pañcamī
• Parvan (festival day)
• Sahasradhārā Tīrtha
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Choosing auspicious sacred times for tīrtha-bathing elevates the spiritual result, culminating in heavenly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sahasradhārā Tīrtha, presented as a site whose bathing can lead to svarga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ‘special bathing’ on Śrāvaṇa bright Pañcamī and other parvans, particularly at Sahasradhārā Tīrtha.