Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

एवं वः कथितं विप्रा वैभवं पापनाशनम् । साध्यामृतस्य तीर्थस्य विस्तराच्छ्रद्धया मया

Transliteration

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā vaibhavaṃ pāpanāśanam | sādhyāmṛtasya tīrthasya vistarācchraddhayā mayā

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้าได้เล่าด้วยศรัทธาโดยพิสดารถึงมหิทธิฤทธิ์อันทำลายบาปแห่งสาธยามฤตตีรถะให้ท่านทั้งหลายแล้ว

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• vaḥ: to you/your
• vaḥ: Sampradana/Relation (Recipient/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kathitam: has been narrated
• kathitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु) से ‘kathita’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः—‘has been told’

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

• vaibhavam: glory/majesty
• vaibhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• pāpanāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘पापस्य नाशनम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘vaibhavam’

• sādhyāmṛtasya: of Sādhyāmṛta
• sādhyāmṛtasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya-amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-प्रायः): ‘साध्यं च तत् अमृतं’/‘साध्य-अमृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• tīrthasya: of the pilgrimage-place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• vistarāt: in detail
• vistarāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘विस्तरात्’ = ‘in detail/at length’

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from narrative wrap-up style and next adhyāya opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes a discourse to brāhmaṇas seated in a forest hermitage near the sea-route to Setu; palm-leaf manuscript and water-pot signify transmission and tīrtha purity.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha
• Viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful remembrance and transmission of tīrtha-glories is presented as a dharmic act that guides pilgrims toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha is explicitly named and praised as pāpa-nāśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on śraddhā (faith) and learning/hearing the tīrtha’s māhātmya.