Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं व्याधिस्तस्य न पीडयेत् । धर्ममर्थं च कामं च लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yastatra kurute snānaṃ vyādhistasya na pīḍayet | dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระกายในสถานที่นั้น โรคภัยย่อมไม่เบียดเบียน เขาย่อมได้ธรรมะ อรรถะ และกามะโดยชอบ—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कुरुते: does / performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; √कृ—करणे

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• व्याधिः: disease
• व्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पीडयेत्: would afflict
• पीडयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पीड् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; √पीड्—पीडने

• धर्मम्: dharma / merit
• धर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• अर्थम्: wealth / purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

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

• कामम्: desire / pleasure
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

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

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; √लभ्—लाभे

• न: no / not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrator, tīrtha-phala description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakūlārka

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a clear sacred pool/river at dawn; the rising Sun is worshiped with arghya; a healed devotee stands serene, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Bakūlārka-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna is presented as a dhārmic discipline that purifies and supports holistic well-being—spiritual merit and worldly stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakūlārka-tīrtha in Dharmāraṇya, praised for its snāna-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) at the specified tīrtha.