Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तस्यां च स्नानमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । ततो नैमित्तिके कस्मिन्नपि प्रलय आगतः

Transliteration

tasyāṃ ca snānamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | tato naimittike kasminnapi pralaya āgataḥ

Translation

ସେଥିରେ କେବଳ ସ୍ନାନମାତ୍ରେ ସମସ୍ତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତି ମିଳେ। ତାପରେ କୌଣସି ଏକ ନୈମିତ୍ତିକ କାଳରେ ପ୍ରଳୟ ଘଟିଲା।

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her/therein (in that river)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन = Locative singular

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

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: स्नानस्य मात्रम् ‘mere bathing’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Instrumental singular

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: सर्वाणि पापानि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन = Instrumental plural (ablatival sense with मुच्)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग = Present passive/medio-passive, 3rd person singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-अर्थे) = indeclinable ‘then/from that’

• नैमित्तिके: in the occasional (periodic)
• नैमित्तिके: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैमित्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन = Locative singular (agreeing with प्रलये understood/expressed)

• कस्मिन्: in which
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन = Locative singular

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपि-कार) = particle ‘even/also’

• प्रलयः: dissolution
• प्रलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular

• आगतः: has come; occurred
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Past participle, nominative singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīnadī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a radiant river while cosmic imagery hints at dissolution—darkened sky, swirling clouds—yet the river remains luminous and protective.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīnadī
• Snāna (ritual bath)
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as concentrated purification—simple contact with sacred waters can dissolve accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The river Mahīnadī (introduced in the prior verse) is glorified for its sin-destroying bath.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the sacred river is stated as sufficient to remove all sins.