Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

साध्यामृतं महातीर्थ महापुण्यफलप्रदम् । महादुःखप्रशमनं गन्धमादनपर्वते

Transliteration

sādhyāmṛtaṃ mahātīrtha mahāpuṇyaphalapradam | mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ gandhamādanaparvate

Translation

साध्यामृतं महातीर्थं महापुण्यफलप्रदम्। महादुःखप्रशमनं गन्धमादनपर्वते स्थितम्॥

Word by Word

• साध्यामृतम्: Sādhyāmṛta
• साध्यामृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; विषय/उद्देश्य

• महातीर्थम्: a great sacred ford
• महातीर्थम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; साध्यामृतस्य विशेषणम्

• महापुण्यफलप्रदम्: bestowing great meritorious results
• महापुण्यफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषण (साध्यामृतम्)

• महादुःखप्रशमनम्: the pacifier of great sorrow
• महादुःखप्रशमनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषण (साध्यामृतम्)

• गन्धमादनपर्वते: on/at Mount Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादनपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; स्थानवाचक

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous mountain tīrtha: clear spring or pool named Sādhyāmṛta nestled amid Gandhamādana’s slopes; pilgrims and sages sit in meditation, their sorrow symbolically dissolving into the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta
• Gandhamādana Parvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is praised as medicine for suffering—merit translates into inner relief and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta, identified as a mahātīrtha on Gandhamādana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it declares the site’s phala (benefits) and location.