Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स्वप्ने सिक्त्वा ब्रह्मचारी द्विजः शुक्रमकामतः । स्नात्वार्कमर्चयित्वा त्रिः पुनर्मामित्यृचं जपेत्

Transliteration

svapne siktvā brahmacārī dvijaḥ śukramakāmataḥ | snātvārkamarcayitvā triḥ punarmāmityṛcaṃ japet

Translation

ဘြဟ္မစာရီ ဒွိဇသည် အိပ်မက်အတွင်း မလိုလားဘဲ သုက္ကရစီးထွက်သွားလျှင်၊ ရေချိုးသန့်စင်ပြီး နေဒေဝ (အာဒಿತ್ಯ) ကို ပူဇာကာ ‘ပုနရ် မာမ်…’ ဖြင့်အစပြုသော ရစ်ချာကို သုံးကြိမ် ဂျပရမည်။

Word by Word

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (Location/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative: in a dream)

• सिक्त्वा: having emitted (semen)
• सिक्त्वा: Purva-kala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having ejaculated/spilled)

• ब्रह्मचारी: a brahmacārin (celibate student)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजः: a twice-born
• द्विजः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुक्रम्: semen
• शुक्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अकामतः: involuntarily / without desire
• अकामतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अकामतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), हेत्वर्थे/भावे: ‘अनिच्छया’ (without desire)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purva-kala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): having bathed

• अर्कम्: the Sun (Arka)
• अर्कम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चयित्वा: Purva-kala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund; tumun/णिच्-भाव): having worshipped

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: Kriya-visheshana (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (संख्यावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण: again)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• ऋचम्: a ṛk-verse (hymn)
• ऋचम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋचा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जपेत्: should mutter/recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (should recite)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn by a river-ghāṭa: a young brahmacārin finishes bathing, stands facing the rising sun, offers arghya with cupped hands, then sits to chant a ṛc three times.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacārī
• Arka (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even involuntary lapses are met with purification and recommitment, not despair—through snāna, devotion, and mantra-japa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching atmosphere centered on Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), famed for restoring purity and right practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing, worship of Arka (the Sun), and thrice recitation of the ṛc beginning ‘punar mām…’ as a purification observance.