Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

जन्मना पंगुरपि यः स्वस्य स्नानचिकीर्षया । गंगां च यमुनां चापि गयामपि मुनीश्वरः

Transliteration

janmanā paṃgurapi yaḥ svasya snānacikīrṣayā | gaṃgāṃ ca yamunāṃ cāpi gayāmapi munīśvaraḥ

Translation

แม้พิการมาตั้งแต่กำเนิด แต่มุนีผู้เป็นใหญ่ผู้นั้น ด้วยความปรารถนาจะประกอบสนานอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของตน ก็ได้ (เรียก) แม้คงคาคือคงคา ยมุนา และคยาเอง

Word by Word

• जन्मना: by birth
• जन्मना: Karana (Instrument/means; in sense 'by birth')
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पङ्गुः: lame
• पङ्गुः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/inclusive particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• स्वस्य: of himself/one's own
• स्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्नानचिकीर्षया: with the desire/intention to bathe
• स्नानचिकीर्षया: Hetu (Cause/Purpose-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + चिकीर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्नानस्य चिकीर्षा)

• गङ्गाम्: the Ganges
• गङ्गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यमुनाम्: the Yamunā
• यमुनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (inclusive)

• गयाम्: Gayā (holy place)
• गयाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (inclusive)

• मुनीश्वरः: the lord of sages
• मुनीश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Unspecified (within Setukhaṇḍa narrative; describing Raikva’s spiritual power)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Yamunā–Gayā (invoked tīrthas)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A birth-crippled sage in an āśrama performs saṅkalpa; from afar, the personified Gaṅgā and Yamunā (as goddesses) and the sanctity of Gayā manifest as converging waters near the hermitage, creating a miraculous bathing spot.

Characters & Entities

• Raikva (context)
• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā
• Gayā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainment transcends bodily limitation; the realized can access tīrtha-power through mantra and inner authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and Gayā are explicitly praised as supreme purifying tīrthas, within the Setukhaṇḍa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) is central; the verse implies tīrtha-snānā’s purificatory value.