Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तिलोदकीस्नानं सर्वपापहरं मुने । कर्त्तव्यं सुप्रयत्नेन प्राणिभिर्धर्मकांक्षिभिः । स्नानं दानं व्रतं होमं सर्वमक्षयतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

tasmāttilodakīsnānaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ mune | karttavyaṃ suprayatnena prāṇibhirdharmakāṃkṣibhiḥ | snānaṃ dānaṃ vrataṃ homaṃ sarvamakṣayatāṃ vrajet

Translation

ထို့ကြောင့် မုနိရေ၊ အပြစ်အားလုံးကို ဖျက်ဆီးပေးသော တိလိုဒကီ (Tilodakī) တွင် ရေချိုးခြင်းကို ဓမ္မကိုလိုလားသော သတ္တဝါတို့က အလွန်ကြိုးစား၍ ပြုလုပ်သင့်သည်။ ရေချိုးခြင်း၊ ဒါန၊ ဝရတ်၊ ဟောမ—ထိုနေရာ၌ ပြုသမျှ အကုန်လုံး မပျက်မယွင်းသော အကျိုးကို ရရှိသည်။

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable sense: therefore)

• तिलोदकीस्नानम्: bathing in Tilodakī
• तिलोदकीस्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलोदकी + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तिलोदक्याः स्नानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (धातु √हृ)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष; कृदन्त (ण्वुल्/कर्तरि-प्रत्ययान्त: हर 'remover' as adjective); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; स्नानम् इति विशेषण

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• कर्त्तव्यम्: should be done
• कर्त्तव्यम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु √कृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (ought to be done)

• सुप्रयत्नेन: with great effort
• सुप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक

• प्राणिभिः: by living beings
• प्राणिभिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• धर्मकांक्षिभिः: desiring dharma
• धर्मकांक्षिभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + कांक्षिन् (धातु √काङ्क्ष्)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (धर्मं कांक्षन्ति ये); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; प्राणिभिः इति विशेषण

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दानम्: giving, charity
• दानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• होमम्: fire-offering
• होमम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगभेद), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all (of these)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहारार्थे (collectively)

• अक्षयताम्: to imperishability
• अक्षयताम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षयता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायां लक्ष्य (to imperishability)

• व्रजेत्: may go, attains
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु √व्रज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing a muni within the Ayodhyāmāhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tilodakī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (addressed: 'muṇe')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage instructs pilgrims at Tilodakī: some bathe, others distribute alms, some keep vrata marks, and a small homa fire burns on the bank; the river’s dark holy water glows; the atmosphere conveys ‘akṣaya’ through enduring light.

Characters & Entities

• Tilodakī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes most fruitful when paired with intentional dharma—discipline, charity, vows, and worship—yielding akṣaya (imperishable) merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tilodakī tīrtha/river associated with Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tilodakī-snāna is recommended, along with dāna (charity), vrata (vows), and homa (oblations), performed with earnest effort.