Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

स्नानं कुरुष्व सततं स्मरन्मां मुक्तिदायकम् । देशांतरीयतीर्थेषु मा व्रज ब्राह्मणोत्तम

Transliteration

snānaṃ kuruṣva satataṃ smaranmāṃ muktidāyakam | deśāṃtarīyatīrtheṣu mā vraja brāhmaṇottama

Translation

จงกระทำการอาบน้ำอยู่เนืองนิตย์ พร้อมระลึกถึงเรา ผู้ประทานโมกษะเถิด โอ พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ อย่าได้ไปยังตีรถะในแดนอื่นเลย

Word by Word

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kuruṣva: do, perform
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ; imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• satatam: always
• satatam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (always/continually)

• smaran: remembering
• smaran: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ; वर्तमानकाले); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• muktidāyakam: granting liberation
• muktidāyakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मुक्तेः दायकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘माम्’ इति कर्मणः विशेषणम्

• deśāntarīyatīrtheṣu: in pilgrimage places of other regions
• deśāntarīyatīrtheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśāntarīya + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः: देशान्तर-सम्बन्धि तीर्थम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• vraja: go
• vraja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (व्रज् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ; imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• brāhmaṇottama: O best of brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (ब्राह्मणः उत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarvatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva instructs Sucarita to bathe daily while remembering Śiva, promising liberation; the scene emphasizes calm authority—Śiva pointing to the waters, Sucarita receiving the vow-like command.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sucarita
• Tīrtha-snāna
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular practice joined with remembrance of Śiva is emphasized over restless spiritual tourism; depth at one sanctified center can yield liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarvatīrtha/Mānasa Tīrtha of Setukhaṇḍa, presented as sufficient in itself so that other distant tīrthas are unnecessary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous tīrtha-snāna and Śiva-smaraṇa (remembrance of Śiva) while staying at the tīrtha; avoidance of traveling to other tīrthas is advised.