Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

पांडवानां महातीर्थं सायं प्रातश्च यः स्मरेत् । स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु गंगादिषु न संशयः

Transliteration

pāṃḍavānāṃ mahātīrthaṃ sāyaṃ prātaśca yaḥ smaret | sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu gaṃgādiṣu na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Sesiapa yang mengingati Mahātīrtha yang berkaitan dengan para Pāṇḍava pada waktu pagi dan petang, sesungguhnya dia dianggap telah mandi suci di semua tīrtha, bermula dengan Gaṅgā; tiada keraguan.

Word by Word

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• महातीर्थम्: the great sacred ford (great tīrtha)
• महातीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातीरथ (प्रातिपदिक: महा + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्नातः: (is) bathed / having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• गङ्गादिषु: in the Gaṅgā and others
• गङ्गादिषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गादि (प्रातिपदिक: गङ्गा + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• न: no / not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Brāhma Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍava-Mahātīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene dawn-and-dusk diptych: the Pāṇḍavas in contemplative posture near a sacred ford; a luminous river motif with Gaṅgā implied as archetype; the act is remembrance rather than physical bathing, shown as a haloed mental vision of many tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavas
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recollection (smaraṇa) of a praised tīrtha, done daily, is itself a potent dharmic act that grants tīrtha-snāna merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘Mahātīrtha of the Pāṇḍavas’ within the Setukhaṇḍa sacred geography (Setu region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa—remembering the tīrtha at dawn and dusk (prātaḥ-sāyam).