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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

वारुणादपि चाग्नेयाद्वायव्यादपि चेंद्रतः । मंत्रस्थानादपि परं ब्राह्मं स्नानमिदं परम् । ब्राह्मस्नानेन यः स्नातः स बाह्याभ्यंतरं शुचिः

Transliteration

vāruṇādapi cāgneyādvāyavyādapi ceṃdrataḥ | maṃtrasthānādapi paraṃ brāhmaṃ snānamidaṃ param | brāhmasnānena yaḥ snātaḥ sa bāhyābhyaṃtaraṃ śuciḥ

Translation

สูงยิ่งกว่าสนานะแห่งวรุณะ สูงยิ่งกว่าสนานะแห่งอัคนี สูงยิ่งกว่าสนานะแห่งวายุ และสูงยิ่งกว่าสนานะแห่งอินทระ—ยิ่งกว่านั้นยังเหนือกว่าเพียง ‘สถานที่แห่งมนตร์’—นี่คือพราหมสนานะอันประเสริฐยิ่ง ผู้ใดอาบด้วยพราหมสนานะ ผู้นั้นย่อมบริสุทธิ์ทั้งภายนอกและภายใน

Word by Word
वारुणात्than/from the Varuṇa (water-related) [bath]
वारुणात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootवारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; तुलनार्थे ‘-त्’ (than/from)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ ‘also/even’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
आग्नेयात्than/from the Agni-related [bath]
आग्नेयात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootआग्नेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘आग्नेय-स्नान’ इत्यर्थे
वायव्यात्than/from the Vāyu-related [bath]
वायव्यात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootवायव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘वायव्य-स्नान’ इत्यर्थे
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
इन्द्रतःthan/from the Indra-related [bath]
इन्द्रतः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘-तस्/तः’ प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (from/than Indra-related)
मन्त्रस्थानात्than/from the place of mantras (mantra-seat)
मन्त्रस्थानात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रस्य स्थानम्)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
परम्higher/superior
परम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (higher/supreme)
ब्राह्मम्Brahmic, pertaining to Brahman
ब्राह्मम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स्नानम्’ विशेषणम्
स्नानम्bath, ablution
स्नानम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
इदम्this
इदम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम, ‘स्नानम्’ विशेषणम्
परम्supreme
परम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-विशेषण (supreme)
ब्राह्मस्नानेनby/with the Brahmic bath
ब्राह्मस्नानेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्म + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्राह्मं स्नानम्)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
स्नातःbathed
स्नातः:
Karta (Agent as described/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘यः/सः’ विशेषणम्
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वय-प्रदर्शक (correlative)
बाह्याभ्यन्तरम्externally and internally
बाह्याभ्यन्तरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootबाह्य + अभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (बाह्यं च अभ्यन्तरं च)
शुचिःpure/clean
शुचिः:
Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brāhma-snāna (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative ascetic at a riverbank performs snāna while a luminous ‘brahmic’ radiance rises from the heart-lotus, surpassing the four elemental deities who stand as witnesses (Varuṇa with noose, Agni with flames, Vāyu with billowing scarf, Indra with vajra).

Characters & Entities
V
Varuṇa
A
Agni
V
Vāyu
I
Indra
B
Brahman (Brāhma)

FAQs

The highest purification is the Brāhma-bath—purity rooted in Brahman/inner sanctity—surpassing merely external ritual categories.

The verse emphasizes the principle of inner sanctification rather than naming a single tīrtha; it fits Dharmāraṇya’s teaching that true tīrtha is purity of consciousness.

It recommends ‘Brāhma snāna’—a superior purificatory bath understood as mantra-informed, inwardly grounded purification.

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