Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अनु ज्ञातश्च गुरुणा प्रययौ गंधमादनम् । संप्राप्यागस्त्यतीर्थं च तत्र सस्नौ जितेंद्रियः

Transliteration

anu jñātaśca guruṇā prayayau gaṃdhamādanam | saṃprāpyāgastyatīrthaṃ ca tatra sasnau jiteṃdriyaḥ

Translation

เมื่อได้รับอนุญาตจากครูบาอาจารย์แล้ว เขาออกเดินทางสู่คันธมาทนะ ครั้นถึงอคัสตยะตีรถะ ผู้ชนะอินทรีย์ทั้งหลายก็ลงอาบน้ำชำระตน ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• anu: after; having been permitted
• anu: Sambandha (relation/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद-प्रयोगः (preverbial/particle sense: 'after, following')

• jñātaḥ: permitted/allowed
• jñātaḥ: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñā (धाातु) → jñāta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक निपात (conjunction)

• guruṇā: by the teacher/guru
• guruṇā: Karana (instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• prayayau: went forth
• prayayau: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु) + pra (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: या (to go)

• gaṃdhamādanam: to Gandhamādana (mountain)
• gaṃdhamādanam: Karma (object/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃdhamādana (प्रातिपदिक; गन्ध + मादन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद (accusative of destination/object)

• saṃprāpya: having reached
• saṃprāpya: Purvakala (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) + saṃ (उपसर्ग) → saṃprāpya (कृदन्त, ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having reached'

• agastyatīrtham: Agastya’s sacred ford/place
• agastyatīrtham: Karma (object/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक निपात (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• sasnau: bathed
• sasnau: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: स्ना (to bathe)

• jitendriyaḥ: one who has conquered his senses
• jitendriyaḥ: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त, क्त; √ji) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: 'जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य सः'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined sage, having received his guru’s blessing, journeys toward the fragrant Gandhamādana heights and reaches Agastya-tīrtha, where he bathes with composed senses.

Characters & Entities

• Kakṣīvān
• Udaṅka
• Agastya-tīrtha
• Gandhamādana
• Agastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is joined with self-mastery; tīrtha practice is most fruitful when accompanied by control of the senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya-tīrtha is highlighted as the bathing place reached and honored through snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Agastya-tīrtha, undertaken with niyama and jitendriya (sense-restraint).