Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

मोचयेद्रौरवाद्घोरात्पूर्वजांश्च सहस्रशः । सिंधुस्नानं नरो राम प्रकरोति दिनत्रयम्

Transliteration

mocayedrauravādghorātpūrvajāṃśca sahasraśaḥ | siṃdhusnānaṃ naro rāma prakaroti dinatrayam

Translation

ହେ ରାମ! ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ତିନି ଦିନ ସିନ୍ଧୁରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରେ, ସେ ଭୟଙ୍କର ରୌରବ ନରକରୁ ନିଜ ସହସ୍ର ସହସ୍ର ପୂର୍ବଜଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୋଚନ କରେ।

Word by Word

• मोचयेत्: should free, should deliver
• मोचयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘cause to be released’/‘deliver’)

• रौरवात्: from Raurava (hell)
• रौरवात्: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• घोरात्: terrible
• घोरात्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘रौरवात्’)

• पूर्वजान्: ancestors, forefathers
• पूर्वजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: distributive)

• सिन्धुस्नानम्: bathing in the Sindhu (river)
• सिन्धुस्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (सिन्धौ स्नानम् / सिन्धोः स्नानम्)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रकरोति: does, performs
• प्रकरोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिनत्रयम्: for three days
• दिनत्रयम्: Karma (Extent/duration as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयाणि दिनानि)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sindhu

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the broad banks of the Sindhu, a devotee performs three-day snāna and tarpaṇa with water cupped in hands; in the background, a dark vision of Raurava dissolves as ancestors rise toward light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sindhu (Indus River)
• Raurava (Naraka)
• Ancestors (Pūrvajas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is not only personal; it can be offered for the upliftment and release of one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sindhu (the Indus River) is praised as a powerful purification and ancestral-liberation tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sindhu-snāna (bathing in the Indus) performed for three consecutive days.