Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

गयाश्राद्धसमंपुण्यंतस्य स्यान्नात्र संशयः । जटातीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा न पापेन विलिप्यते । दारिद्र्यं न समाप्नोति नेयाच्च नरकार्णवम्

Transliteration

gayāśrāddhasamaṃpuṇyaṃtasya syānnātra saṃśayaḥ | jaṭātīrthe naraḥ snātvā na pāpena vilipyate | dāridryaṃ na samāpnoti neyācca narakārṇavam

Translation

บุญของผู้นั้นย่อมเสมอด้วยการทำศราทธะที่คยา—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย ครั้นมนุษย์สรงสนาน ณ ชฏาตีรถะแล้ว ย่อมไม่ถูกบาปเปื้อน ไม่ประสบความยากจน และไม่ไปสู่ห้วงสมุทรแห่งนรก

Word by Word

• gayā-śrāddha-samam: equal to the Gayā śrāddha
• gayā-śrāddha-samam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक) + śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘gayāśrāddhena samam’ → ‘equal to the Gayā-śrāddha’ (qualifying ‘puṇyam’)

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasya: for him / of that (act)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of him/of that’

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• na: no
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (contextual locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘here/in this matter’

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• jaṭā-tīrthe: at Jaṭātīrtha
• jaṭā-tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having bathed’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• pāpena: by sin
• pāpena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by/with sin’

• vilipyate: is tainted
• vilipyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-lip (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is smeared/tainted’

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• samāpnoti: attains
• samāpnoti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• iyāt: would go
• iyāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; ‘would go’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• naraka-arṇavam: the ocean of hell
• naraka-arṇavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘narakasya arṇavaḥ’ → ‘ocean of hell’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (mahātmya assurance within Setu-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭātīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes snāna and offers piṇḍas; dark ‘sin’ imagery dissolves into clear light; a symbolic ‘ocean of hell’ recedes, while prosperity (full granary/lotus) is hinted.

Characters & Entities

• Jaṭātīrtha
• Gayā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and sacred bathing at a श्रेष्ठ tīrtha can destroy sin and grant powerful protective merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaṭātīrtha is praised, and its merit is compared to the famed Gayā-śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Jaṭātīrtha is explicit; the prior verse’s kṣetra-piṇḍa/śrāddha context is reinforced by the Gayā comparison.