Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

साणदां च परं स्थानं पवित्रं परमं मतम् । कुशप्रवरजा विप्रास्तत्रस्थाः पावनाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

sāṇadāṃ ca paraṃ sthānaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ matam | kuśapravarajā viprāstatrasthāḥ pāvanāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

สาณดาถูกนับว่าเป็นสถานอันสูงสุด บริสุทธิ์ยิ่งและประเสริฐยิ่ง พราหมณ์ผู้เกิดจากคุศะ-ประวระและพำนักที่นั่น ถูกจดจำว่าเป็นผู้ชำระให้บริสุทธิ์

Word by Word

• साणदाम्: of the Sāṇadās (people/lineage)
• साणदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साणदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

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

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थानम्: place/abode
• स्थानम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• पवित्रम्: holy/pure
• पवित्रम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• परमम्: highest
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• मतम्: considered/held to be
• मतम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• कुशप्रवरजाः: born in the Kuśa-pravara lineage
• कुशप्रवरजाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुश + प्रवर + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुशप्रवरस्य जाताः)

• विप्राः: Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्रस्थाः: dwelling there
• तत्रस्थाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (तत्र + स्थ); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• पावनाः: purifying/holy
• पावनाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्मृताः: are said/are remembered as
• स्मृताः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṇadā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred settlement named Sāṇadā: clean riverbank/pond, orderly hermitages, Kuśa-pravara brāhmaṇas engaged in svādhyāya and agnihotra; the air itself appears ‘pavitra’.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṇadā
• Kuśa-pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is reflected in its purity and in the dhārmic community that preserves and purifies through right living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāṇadā is explicitly praised as a supremely holy place within the Dharmāraṇya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes sanctity and the purifying status of resident Brahmins.