Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

स्नातुकामः शंखतीर्थे गंधमादनमन्वगात् । शंखतीर्थं च संप्राप्य तत्र सस्नौ महामुनिः

Transliteration

snātukāmaḥ śaṃkhatīrthe gaṃdhamādanamanvagāt | śaṃkhatīrthaṃ ca saṃprāpya tatra sasnau mahāmuniḥ

Translation

ด้วยความปรารถนาจะสรงสนาน ณ ศังคตีรถะ เขาจึงไปยังคันธมาทนะ ครั้นถึงศังคตีรถะแล้ว มหามุนีก็สรงสนาน ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• स्नातुकामः: desiring to bathe
• स्नातुकामः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नातु (तुमुन्-अन्त) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case); एकवचन; तुमुन्-अर्थे (स्नातुम्) उपपद-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (महामुनेः)

• शंखतीर्थे: at Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• शंखतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंखतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case); एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण

• गंधमादनम्: Gandhamādana (mountain/region)
• गंधमादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case); एकवचन; गमनस्य कर्म

• अन्वगात्: went after / proceeded to
• अन्वगात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन-भूत); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शंखतीर्थम्: Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• शंखतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंखतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case); एकवचन; गमनस्य कर्म

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• संप्राप्य: having reached
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सस्नौ: bathed
• सस्नौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष-भूत/परिपूर्ण); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The great sage journeys toward the fragrant Gandhamādana landscape; he reaches Śaṅkhatīrtha and steps into clear waters for ritual bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Vatsanābha
• Śaṅkhatīrtha
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s counsel becomes effective through action: the seeker undertakes pilgrimage and performs the prescribed bath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkhatīrtha on Gandhamādana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Śaṅkhatīrtha, undertaken as a purposeful vow-like act (snātukāma).