Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

षट्भिर्दिनैर्मुनिः पुण्यं प्रययौ गन्धमादनम् । अगस्तितीर्थतीरं च गत्वा दीर्घतमा मुनिः

Transliteration

ṣaṭbhirdinairmuniḥ puṇyaṃ prayayau gandhamādanam | agastitīrthatīraṃ ca gatvā dīrghatamā muniḥ

Translation

Dalam enam hari, muni yang suci itu sampai ke Gandhamādana. Dan Dīrghatamā, setelah turut pergi ke tebing tīrtha Agasti, meneruskan lagi perjalanan sucinya.

Word by Word

• षट्भिः: with six
• षट्भिः: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सङ्ख्यावाचक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दिनैः: days
• दिनैः: Karana (Time-measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: holy
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• प्रययौ: went
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘went’

• गन्धमादनम्: Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + मादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—गन्धं मादयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

• अगस्तितीर्थतीरम्: the bank of Agastya’s sacred ford
• अगस्तितीर्थतीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति + तीर्थ + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अगस्तेः तीर्थम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) + तस्य तीरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having gone’

• दीर्घतमा: Dīrghatamas
• दीर्घतमा: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-सम्बोधन/पुनरुक्त-कर्ता

Speaker

Sūta (narrator; implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana; Agasti-tīrtha

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone sage traverses vast sacred terrain: fragrant mountain slopes of Gandhamādana, then a serene riverbank marked as Agasti’s tīrtha with a small hermitage and water steps.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghatamā
• Gandhamādana
• Agasti
• Agasti-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with tīrthas and sacred landscapes sanctifies one’s journey; time and effort become offerings when directed toward holy ends.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agasti-tīrtha is directly named, along with Mount Gandhamādana as a sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but visiting a tīrtha-bank implies customary tīrtha practices like snāna and worship.