Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

सर्वेषाममृतं स्नानादत्र साध्यं यतस्ततः । साध्यामृतमिति ख्यातं सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāmamṛtaṃ snānādatra sādhyaṃ yatastataḥ | sādhyāmṛtamiti khyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam

Translation

Kerana dengan mandi suci (snāna) di sini, bagi semua orang tercapai buah yang laksana amṛta, maka ia dinamakan “Sādhyāmṛta” dan termasyhur di seluruh loka.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (beings)
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोगः

• अमृतम्: nectar; immortality
• अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्नानात्: from bathing
• स्नानात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थक-अपादान (cause/source)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• साध्यम्: obtainable
• साध्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘attainable/obtainable’ (of amṛta)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्ययम् (causal adverb/conjunction) — ‘since/because’

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्ययम् (consequential adverb) — ‘therefore/for that reason’

• साध्य-अमृतम्: Sādhyāmṛta
• साध्य-अमृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः — proper name ‘Sādhya-amṛta’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative)

• ख्यातम्: known, called
• ख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘known as’

• सर्व-लोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्व-लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः — ‘in all worlds’

• विश्रुतम्: widely renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘widely famed’

Speaker

Unspecified (advisor/instructor speaking within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at dawn; the water rendered as luminous ‘nectar’; a subtle aura rises from the tīrtha as if blessing all worlds; inscription-like emphasis on the name Sādhyāmṛta.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha
• Snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing (tīrtha-snāna) is portrayed as a direct means for attaining life-renewing, ‘nectar-like’ spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha, whose very name is explained through the efficacy of bathing there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is identified as the key practice that yields the celebrated benefit.