Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

वांछितांल्लभते कामान्यास्यति स्वर्गमुत्तमम् । निष्कामः स्नाति चेद्वि प्रा मोक्षमाप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

vāṃchitāṃllabhate kāmānyāsyati svargamuttamam | niṣkāmaḥ snāti cedvi prā mokṣamāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นี้ ย่อมได้สมปรารถนาตามที่ใฝ่หา และบรรลุสวรรค์อันสูงสุด แต่โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย หากมนุษย์อาบน้ำด้วยจิตไร้ความใคร่ในโลก ย่อมบรรลุโมกษะคือความหลุดพ้น

Word by Word

• vāñchitān: desired
• vāñchitān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāñchita (प्रातिपदिक; √vāñch (धातु) से निष्पन्न कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘kāmān’ का विशेषण

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• yāsyati: will go
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/गन्तव्य), एकवचन

• uttamam: supreme
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘svargam’ का विशेषण

• niṣkāmaḥ: desireless
• niṣkāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘mānavaḥ’ का विशेषण

• snāti: bathes
• snāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक/शर्तसूचक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (आह्वान), बहुवचन

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavaḥ: a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative context of Setu Khaṇḍa phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal tīrtha at dawn: one prays for worldly boons, another stands serene with folded hands, offering the act to the Supreme; the sea/lagoon glows with sunrise, with ascetics and brāhmaṇas witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same sacred act (tīrtha-snāna) yields different fruits: desire-driven bathing grants heaven and wishes, while desireless bathing leads to mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Setu Khaṇḍa praise of Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha (context from the surrounding adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, ideally performed with niṣkāma (desireless) intent for liberation.