Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

स्नायाच्च यत्र कुत्रापि तटाकादौ जलाशये । न तस्य दुष्कृतं किंचिद्भविष्यति कदाचन

Transliteration

snāyācca yatra kutrāpi taṭākādau jalāśaye | na tasya duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcidbhaviṣyati kadācana

Translation

Dan sekalipun dia mandi di mana-mana—di kolam atau mana-mana takungan air—tiada sebarang dushkṛta (kejahatan) akan kekal padanya pada bila-bila masa.

Word by Word

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb ‘where’)

• कुत्रापि: anywhere
• कुत्रापि: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह; अनिश्चित-देशवाचक (indefinite adverb ‘anywhere’)

• तटाक-आदौ: in a pond and the like
• तटाक-आदौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटाक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तटाकः आदिः यस्मात्/यत्र = तटाकादिः (pond etc.); सप्तमी—तटाकादौ

• जल-आशये: in a reservoir of water
• जल-आशये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—जलस्य आशयः = जलाशयः; सप्तमी—जलाशये

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (negation)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दुष्कृतम्: sin; evil deed
• दुष्कृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; दुष् + √कृ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भाव/कर्मवाचक (evil deed/sin)

• किञ्चित्: any (at all)
• किञ्चित्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाणवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun ‘anything’)

• भविष्यति: will be; will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कदाचन: ever (with ‘na’: never)
• कदाचन: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय) + चन (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अनिश्चित (indefinite time adverb ‘ever/at any time’; with negation = ‘never’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu (as the sanctifying reference)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathing in a simple village pond while mentally invoking Rāmasetu; a faint visionary overlay shows the Setu shoreline, indicating sanctity flowing into ordinary life.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a person is aligned with the tīrtha’s sanctity (through the praised practice), even ordinary acts like bathing can become instruments of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Rāmasetu Māhātmya context, extending its sanctifying influence broadly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) even in common water-bodies (ponds, reservoirs) is said to be purifying for the practitioner described in context.