Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

संकल्पपूर्वं तत्तीर्थे सस्नौ नियमसंयुतः । तीर्थद्वये स्नानमात्रान्मुक्तपापोऽथ काश्यपः

Transliteration

saṃkalpapūrvaṃ tattīrthe sasnau niyamasaṃyutaḥ | tīrthadvaye snānamātrānmuktapāpo'tha kāśyapaḥ

Translation

Dengan saṅkalpa yang suci serta berpegang pada disiplin dan pengendalian diri, Kaśyapa mandi di tīrtha itu. Dengan sekadar mandi di dua tīrtha yang mulia, beliau pun terbebas daripada dosa.

Word by Word

• संकल्पपूर्वम्: after making a resolve / with prior intention
• संकल्पपूर्वम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial) — ‘संकल्पेन पूर्वम्/पूर्वकं’ इत्यर्थे

• तत्-तीर्थे: in that sacred ford/place
• तत्-तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘तस्य तीर्थे’)

• सस्नौ: bathed
• सस्नौ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नियमसंयुतः: endowed with observances/restraints
• नियमसंयुतः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘नियमैः संयुतः’ (instrumental sense)

• तीर्थद्वये: at the pair of tīrthas
• तीर्थद्वये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘द्वे तीर्थे यस्मिन्’)

• स्नानमात्रात्: merely by bathing
• स्नानमात्रात्: Apādāna (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘स्नानस्य मात्रम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• मुक्तपापः: freed from sin
• मुक्तपापः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् धातु) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पापात् मुक्तः’ इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa
• काश्यपः: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Setukhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrthadvaya (Twin Tīrthas)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munīśvarāḥ (sages addressed in narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Kaśyapa, austere yet serene, performs ritual bathing at a luminous twin-tīrtha; water glints like molten silver; attendants of nature—birds, lotuses—frame the sanctity; the mood is vow-bound purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Tīrthadvaya (the twin tīrthas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A disciplined bath undertaken with saṅkalpa at a famed tīrtha is portrayed as powerfully purifying, removing accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘twin tīrthas’ (tīrthadvaya) within Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu-kṣetra (associated in tradition with Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with saṅkalpa and niyama (restraint/observance).