Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ददौ तीर्थाय च वरं स्नातानामत्र वै नृणाम् । यथाभिलाषं सिद्धिः स्यादित्युक्त्वा सा दिवं ययौ

Transliteration

dadau tīrthāya ca varaṃ snātānāmatra vai nṛṇām | yathābhilāṣaṃ siddhiḥ syādityuktvā sā divaṃ yayau

Translation

Baginda juga mengurniakan anugerah kepada tirtha itu: “Bagi manusia yang mandi suci di sini, semoga tercapai siddhi menurut hajatnya.” Setelah berkata demikian, Dewī pun berangkat ke syurga.

Word by Word

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु √दा)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• तीर्थाय: to/for the tīrtha
• तीर्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (singular)

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

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• स्नातानाम्: of those who have bathed
• स्नातानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; धातु √स्ना, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine) (generic), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle used substantively)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/according to)

• अभिलाषम्: desire, wish
• अभिलाषम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि + लाष (धातु √लष्/लाष् ‘to desire’) → अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (यथाभिलाषम् = as desired)

• सिद्धिः: success, attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु √अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु √वच्) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक (having said)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Gati-karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु √या)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī pronounces a boon over the shining tank; pilgrims step into glowing waters with folded hands, while the Goddess ascends skyward.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Goddess)
• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and tīrtha-snānā, when done with faith, become channels for siddhi and dharmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha in this passage—contextually Amṛta-tīrtha/Dharmapuṣkariṇī in Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at this tīrtha is praised as granting yathābhilāṣa-siddhi (fulfillment according to one’s wish).