Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । स्नात्वा त्वमृत वाप्यां वै सेवित्वैकांतराघवम् । जितेंद्रियो नरः स्नातुं ब्रह्मकुंडं ततो व्रजेत्

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | snātvā tvamṛta vāpyāṃ vai sevitvaikāṃtarāghavam | jiteṃdriyo naraḥ snātuṃ brahmakuṃḍaṃ tato vrajet

Translation

ศรีสูตกล่าวว่า: ครั้นอาบสนานในอมฤตวาปีแล้ว และบูชาเอกานตะ-ราฆวะแล้ว บุรุษผู้สำรวมอินทรีย์พึงไปยังพรหมกุณฑะเพื่ออาบสนาน ณ ที่นั้นต่อไป

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + सूत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• अमृतवाप्याम्: in the Amṛta tank
• अमृतवाप्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत + वापी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• सेवित्वा: having served/worshipped
• सेवित्वा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सेव् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• एकान्तराघवम्: Ekānta-Rāghava (Rāma)
• एकान्तराघवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकान्तराघव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य इन्द्रियाणि जितानि सः)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थः

• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: the Brahma-pool
• ब्रह्मकुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb; ‘thereafter/from there’)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly of sages/brāhmaṇas (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates as a disciplined pilgrim completes snāna at Amṛta-vāpī, offers worship to Ekāntara-Rāghava, then walks with staff and water-pot toward Brahma-kuṇḍa for the next bath.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Amṛta-vāpī
• Ekāntara-Rāghava
• Brahma-kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is a disciplined progression: devotion and self-control guide the pilgrim from one sanctifying tīrtha to the next.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛta-vāpī, Ekāntara-Rāghava’s shrine/seat, and Brahma-kuṇḍa within Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Amṛta-vāpī, worship Ekāntara-Rāghava, maintain sense-restraint, then go to bathe in Brahma-kuṇḍa.