Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

स्नाति येऽत्र समागत्य जटातीर्थेऽतिपावने । अन्तःकरणशुद्धिश्च तेषां भूयादिति स्म सः

Transliteration

snāti ye'tra samāgatya jaṭātīrthe'tipāvane | antaḥkaraṇaśuddhiśca teṣāṃ bhūyāditi sma saḥ

Translation

พระองค์ทรงประกาศว่า: “ผู้ใดมาถึงที่นี่แล้วอาบน้ำ ณ ชฏาตีรถะอันยิ่งนักในการชำระให้บริสุทธิ์ ขอให้ความบริสุทธิ์แห่งจิตภายในบังเกิดแก่เขาเถิด”

Word by Word

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: here)

• समागत्य: having arrived
• समागत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having come/arrived’

• जटातीर्थे: in Jatā-tīrtha
• जटातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• अतिपावने: most purifying
• अतिपावने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अति’ उपसर्गार्थे (very)

• अन्तःकरणशुद्धिः: purity of the inner instrument (mind)
• अन्तःकरणशुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःकरण (प्रातिपदिक) + शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्तःकरणस्य शुद्धिः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भूयात्: may it be / may arise
• भूयात्: Kriya (Benediction/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक

• स्म: indeed / (narrative particle)
• स्म: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक निपात (particle indicating past narration)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (reporting Rāma’s declaration/boon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śuka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma raises his hand in blessing, declaring the boon: those who bathe here gain inner purification; pilgrims in the foreground enter the water with folded hands, a subtle radiance emanates from the ford.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Jaṭā-tīrtha
• Antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer ritual (snāna) at a sanctified place is taught as a means to inner cleansing (antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaṭā-tīrtha, described as ‘ati-pāvana’ (supremely purifying), at Rāmasetu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrims should come and bathe (snāna) at Jaṭā-tīrtha to obtain inner purification.