Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणोऽपि यदि स्नानं तत्र कुण्डे करिष्यति । कृत्वा भीष्मव्रतं सम्यग्ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

brāhmaṇo'pi yadi snānaṃ tatra kuṇḍe kariṣyati | kṛtvā bhīṣmavrataṃ samyagbrahmalokaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

आणि जर एखादा ब्राह्मणही त्या कुंडात स्नान करून विधिपूर्वक भीष्मव्रत पूर्ण करील, तर तो ब्रह्मलोकास प्राप्त होतो।

Word by Word

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kuṇḍe: in the pond/pool
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do, will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → लृट्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kṛtvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• bhīṣmavratam: the Bhīṣma vow
• bhīṣmavratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīṣma + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• brahmalokam: Brahma-loka
• brahmalokam: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः लोकः इति

• prayāsyati: will go/attain
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yā (धातु) → लृट्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned Brāhmaṇa completes Bhīṣma-vrata and steps into a lotus-filled kuṇḍa at dawn; subtle imagery of Brahma-loka (lotus-world) hinted above.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa (implied)
• Bhīṣma-vrata
• Brahma-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of observance—snāna combined with vrata—culminates in exalted posthumous attainment as described by tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa being discussed—Brahmakuṇḍa—praised as a liberative bathing place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in the kuṇḍa and properly observing Bhīṣma-vrata.