Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सस्नुश्च तत्र तीर्थे ते सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनि । कपिभिर्निर्मितं यस्मादेतत्तीर्थमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sasnuśca tatra tīrthe te sarvābhīṣṭapradāyini | kapibhirnirmitaṃ yasmādetattīrthamanuttamam

Translation

Mereka mandi suci di tīrtha itu yang mengurniakan segala hajat. Dan kerana tīrtha yang tiada bandingan ini dibina oleh para wanara, maka ia termasyhur sebagai yang paling utama.

Word by Word

• सस्नुः: bathed
• सस्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: in the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनि: in (the place) that grants all desired boons
• सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (तीर्थ-विशेषण), सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘सर्वम् अभीष्टम् प्रददाति’ इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थे’)

• कपिभिः: by monkeys
• कपिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• निर्मितम्: constructed, made
• निर्मितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + √मा (धातु) → निर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(तीर्थम्) निर्मितम्’

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (because of which)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Kapinirmita / Vānara-nirmita)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and sages bathing at the shoreline tīrtha; in the background the vānaras’ stone causeway stretches across the sea, with monkeys carrying stones inscribed with Rāma’s name; the water glows as wish-fulfilling.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Kapīs (monkeys)
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving and bathing in a sanctified tīrtha harmonizes worldly aims with dharma, especially when the place is established through devotion and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, the monkey-constructed sacred ford in the Setu Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the tīrtha, described as sarvābhīṣṭa-pradāyinī (granting desired aims).