Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

जलेन तेन भगवान्पवित्रेण दयांबुधिः । नीरजस्तु भूमितलं क्षणाच्चक्रे कृपावशात्

Transliteration

jalena tena bhagavānpavitreṇa dayāṃbudhiḥ | nīrajastu bhūmitalaṃ kṣaṇāccakre kṛpāvaśāt

Translation

Com aquela água purificadora, o Senhor Bem-aventurado—oceano de compaixão—por pura misericórdia tornou, num instante, a superfície da terra livre de impureza.

Word by Word

• जलेन: with water
• जलेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (जलेन)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• पवित्रेण: pure, purifying
• पवित्रेण: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (जलेन)

• दयाम्बुधिः: ocean of compassion
• दयाम्बुधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayā-ambudhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दयैव अम्बुधिः)

• नीरजः: (the) lotus (water-born)
• नीरजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīra-ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (नीरात् जातः)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle)

• भूमि-तलम्: the surface of the earth
• भूमि-तलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः तलम्)

• क्षणात्: in a moment, from a moment
• क्षणात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• चक्रे: made, created
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• कृपा-वशात्: out of compassion
• कृपा-वशात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā-vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृपायाः वशः)

Speaker

Agastya (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, compassionate and radiant, releases or applies sanctifying water; the earth-surface (bhūmi-tala) visibly brightens and becomes lotus-like pure in an instant.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)
• Sacred water (Gaṅgā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is ultimately a gift of divine compassion; sacred waters symbolize the Lord’s power to cleanse sin and defilement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The newly manifested sacred water-site in Ayodhyā that becomes renowned as a sin-destroying tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports snāna (ritual bathing) through the emphasis on purifying water; explicit rites appear in later verses.