Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

पवित्राणां पवित्रं च जटातीर्थं शुकाधुना । सर्वपापप्रशमनं मंगलानां च मंगलम्

Transliteration

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca jaṭātīrthaṃ śukādhunā | sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgalam

Translation

โอ้ศุกะ บัดนี้จงฟัง: ชฏาตีรถะเป็นที่สุดแห่งความบริสุทธิ์ในหมู่สิ่งบริสุทธิ์ทั้งปวง ดับบาปทั้งสิ้น และเป็นมงคลยิ่งในหมู่มงคลทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• पवित्राणाम्: of purifiers / of holy things
• पवित्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• पवित्रम्: the purifier; the holy (thing)
• पवित्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction ‘and’)

• जटातीर्थम्: Jaṭātīrtha
• जटातीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः, कर्तृपदम् (पवित्रम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य)

• शुक: O Śuka
• शुक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; सम्बोधनम्

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time ‘now’)

• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: the pacification/removal of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (बहुपद; ‘सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्’), कर्तृपदम्/विशेषणरूपेण जटातीर्थस्य

• मंगलानाम्: of auspicious things
• मंगलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंगल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• मंगलम्: the auspicious (one), the best auspiciousness
• मंगलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंगल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭā-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śuka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hymn-like tableau: the tīrtha personified as a radiant presence; Śuka listening as the narrator extols Jaṭā-tīrtha’s supreme purity; dark ‘pāpa’ forms dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• Jaṭā-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is praised as an unsurpassed purifier, emphasizing the Mahātmya theme of supreme auspiciousness through pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaṭā-tīrtha at Rāmasetu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is stated; it intensifies the praise of Jaṭā-tīrtha’s sin-quelling power (commonly accessed through snāna).