Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

साध्यामृतजले स्नाता मनुष्याः पापक र्मिणः । अनेकक्लेशघोराणि नरकाणि न यांति हि

Transliteration

sādhyāmṛtajale snātā manuṣyāḥ pāpaka rmiṇaḥ | anekakleśaghorāṇi narakāṇi na yāṃti hi

Translation

แม้ผู้กระทำบาป เมื่อได้อาบน้ำในสายน้ำสาธยามฤตะแล้ว ก็ย่อมไม่ไปสู่นรกอันน่ากลัวที่เต็มไปด้วยทุกข์ทรมานนานาประการ

Word by Word

• साध्यामृतजले: in the Sādhyāmṛta water
• साध्यामृतजले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य + अमृत + जल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (साध्यानाम् अमृतं जलम्)

• स्नाताः: bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• मनुष्याः: people, humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पापकर्मिणः: sinful (doers of evil deeds)
• पापकर्मिणः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + कर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापं कर्म यस्य/येषां)

• अनेकक्लेशघोराणि: many-torment-terrible
• अनेकक्लेशघोराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + क्लेश + घोर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (अनेकाः क्लेशाः येषु, घोराणि)

• नरकाणि: hells
• नरकाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of remorseful pilgrims—some with downcast faces—enter the sacred waters; behind them loom shadowy visions of hells that dissolve into mist as the water touches their heads.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is depicted as powerful enough to redirect even sinners away from punitive post-death states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta-jala in the Setu Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in Sādhyāmṛta waters.