Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

वर्षाणां षष्टिसाहस्रं जाह्नवीजलमज्जनम् । गोदावर्यां सकृत्स्नानं सिंहस्थे च बृहस्पतौ

Transliteration

varṣāṇāṃ ṣaṣṭisāhasraṃ jāhnavījalamajjanam | godāvaryāṃ sakṛtsnānaṃ siṃhasthe ca bṛhaspatau

Translation

Berendam dalam air Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) selama enam puluh ribu tahun adalah setara dengan sekali mandi di Sungai Godāvarī pada masa Siṃhastha, ketika Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) berada dalam rasi Siṃha (Leo).

Word by Word

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• षष्टिसाहस्रम्: sixty thousand
• षष्टिसाहस्रम्: Measure/Extent (परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टिसाहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; षष्टि + साहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षष्टिः साहस्राणि = 60,000)

• जाह्नवीजलमज्जनम्: immersion in the water of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• जाह्नवीजलमज्जनम्: Karta/Karma (Nominal act; context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नवी-जल-मज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; जाह्नवी + जल + मज्जन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जाह्नव्याः जले मज्जनम्)

• गोदावर्याम्: in the Godāvarī
• गोदावर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदावरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्या/आवृत्ति-वाचक (once)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karta/Karma (Nominal act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिंहस्थे: when (Jupiter) is in Leo
• सिंहस्थे: Adhikarana (Time/Condition locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + स्थ)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सिंहे स्थिते = when (Jupiter) is in Leo)

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

• बृहस्पतौ: when Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
• बृहस्पतौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Godāvarī (Siṃhastha-snāna)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Crowds of pilgrims at Godāvarī ghats during Siṃhastha; banners, lamps, ascetics, and ritual bathing; a subtle celestial motif shows Jupiter in Leo above, indicating auspicious time.

Characters & Entities

• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Godāvarī
• Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
• Siṃhastha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links sacred time and sacred place: an auspicious astronomical period magnifies tīrtha merit immensely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Godāvarī river—especially during Siṃhastha (Jupiter in Leo)—is praised as extraordinarily meritorious, even compared to Gaṅgā immersion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (a single bath) in the Godāvarī during the Siṃhastha/Bṛhaspati-in-Leo period.