Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्यां निमज्जतां नृणां न जरांतकजं भयम् । अस्याममृतवाप्यां यः सश्रद्धं स्नाति मानवः

Transliteration

tasyāṃ nimajjatāṃ nṛṇāṃ na jarāṃtakajaṃ bhayam | asyāmamṛtavāpyāṃ yaḥ saśraddhaṃ snāti mānavaḥ

Translation

สำหรับผู้ที่ดำดิ่งลงในนั้น ย่อมไม่มีความหวาดกลัวอันเกิดจากชราและความตาย ผู้ใดอาบน้ำในอมฤตวาปีนี้ด้วยศรัทธา—

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (place/pond)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in that—i.e., in that pond/place)

• निमज्जताम्: of those who immerse (themselves)
• निमज्जताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle) used as noun; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6), बहुवचन; 'of those who immerse/bathe'

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of men)

• न: not/no
• न: Negation (Nishedha/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जरान्तकजम्: arising from old age and death
• जरान्तकजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक; from √जन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् to भयम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जरया अन्तकेन च जन्यते इति)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• अस्याम्: in this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in this)

• अमृतवाप्याम्: in the Amṛta-pond
• अमृतवाप्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + वापी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अमृतस्य वापी)

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

• सश्रद्धम्: with faith
• सश्रद्धम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, क्रियाविशेषण (with faith); accusative-form used adverbially

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; यः-इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛtavāpikā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: general pilgrims; addressed to humans (nṛṇām/mānavaḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims immerse in a clear stepped pond; above them, a symbolic veil of fear (dark forms labeled jarā/mṛtyu) dissolves into light; the water glows like nectar, and the surrounding shrine radiates calm.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛtavāpī/Amṛtavāpikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful immersion in a sanctified tīrtha transforms existential fear, pointing from mortality toward the deathless (amṛta).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛtavāpī (Amṛtavāpikā), the sacred ‘nectar’ pond.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/snānā—ritual immersion and bathing in the pond—performed saśraddhā (with faith).