Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । स्नात्वा साध्यामृते तीर्थे नृपशापविमोक्षणे । सर्वतीर्थं ततो गच्छेन्मनुजो नियमान्वितः

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | snātvā sādhyāmṛte tīrthe nṛpaśāpavimokṣaṇe | sarvatīrthaṃ tato gacchenmanujo niyamānvitaḥ

Translation

ศรีสูตกล่าวว่า: ครั้นอาบน้ำ ณ สาธยามฤตตีรถะ อันเป็นที่ปลดเปลื้องจากคำสาปของพระราชาแล้ว บุคคลผู้เคร่งครัดในนียมะพึงไปต่อยังสรวตีรถะ

Word by Word

• śrīsūtaḥ: the venerable Sūta
• śrīsūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘श्रीमान् सूतः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having bathed’

• sādhyāmṛte: at Sādhyāmṛta
• sādhyāmṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya-amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• nṛpaśāpavimokṣaṇe: at (the place) of release from the king’s curse
• nṛpaśāpavimokṣaṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-śāpa-vimokṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुपद): ‘नृपस्य शापस्य विमोक्षणम्’ (release from a king’s curse); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘tīrthe’ का विशेषण/अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध

• sarvatīrtham: (to) Sarvatīrtha / the all-holy place
• sarvatīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘सर्वं तीर्थम्’ (all-tīrtha/total pilgrimage); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/गन्तव्य), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Apadana/Sequence (Source/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (then/from there)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/विधान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• manujaḥ: a man
• manujaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• niyamānvitaḥ: endowed with disciplines
• niyamānvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyama-anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘नियमैः अन्वितः’ (endowed with observances); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘manujaḥ’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha; Sarvatīrtha (next destination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembly of sages (implied Sūta-saṃhitā setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to an assembly; in parallel, a pilgrim after bathing at Sādhyāmṛta sets out on foot toward Sarvatīrtha carrying a water-pot and staff, with coastal path and temple markers.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha
• Sarvatīrtha
• Nṛpaśāpa (king’s curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is to be undertaken with niyama (ethical discipline), moving from one sanctifying tīrtha to another in an ordered yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha is praised as curse-removing, and Sarvatīrtha is introduced as the next प्रमुख tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Sādhyāmṛta Tīrtha and then proceeding to Sarvatīrtha while observing niyamas.