Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

साध्यामृतजले यस्तु साघमर्षणकृन्नरः । स विधूयेह पापानि विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

sādhyāmṛtajale yastu sāghamarṣaṇakṛnnaraḥ | sa vidhūyeha pāpāni viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

แต่ผู้ใดในสายน้ำสาธยามฤตะประกอบพิธีปาปมรฺษณะเพื่อชำระบาป ผู้นั้นสลัดบาปได้ ณ ที่นี้เอง และได้รับการยกย่องในวิษณุโลก

Word by Word

• साध्यामृतजले: in the Sādhyāmṛta water
• साध्यामृतजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य-अमृत-जल (प्रातिपदिक; साध्य + अमृत + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• साघमर्षणकृत्: one who performs expiation for sin
• साघमर्षणकृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साघ-मर्षण-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; साघ + मर्षण + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण; कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कृत् = agent noun)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• विधूय: having shaken off / removed
• विधूय: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: 'here')

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu's world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीयते: is glorified / honored
• महीयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is honored')

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee standing waist-deep in water performing aghamaṛṣaṇa: hands raised, sacred thread visible, mantra recitation; above, a vision of Vaikuṇṭha with Viṣṇu’s radiance welcoming the purified soul.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper expiatory practice at a tīrtha purifies one here and is linked to exalted posthumous attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta-jala within the Setu Māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aghamarṣaṇa (sin-expiating rite) performed in/with the Sādhyāmṛta waters, along with cleansing immersion.