Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सस्नुश्च तत्र तीर्थे ते सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनि । कपिभिर्निर्मितं यस्मादेतत्तीर्थमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sasnuśca tatra tīrthe te sarvābhīṣṭapradāyini | kapibhirnirmitaṃ yasmādetattīrthamanuttamam

Translation

พวกท่านได้อาบน้ำชำระในตีรถะนั้น อันประทานผลปรารถนาทั้งปวง และเพราะตีรถะอันยอดยิ่งนี้ถูกสร้างโดยเหล่าวานร จึงเลื่องลือว่าเป็นสูงสุด

Word by Word

• सस्नुः: bathed
• सस्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: in the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनि: in (the place) that grants all desired boons
• सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (तीर्थ-विशेषण), सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘सर्वम् अभीष्टम् प्रददाति’ इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थे’)

• कपिभिः: by monkeys
• कपिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• निर्मितम्: constructed, made
• निर्मितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + √मा (धातु) → निर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(तीर्थम्) निर्मितम्’

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (because of which)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Kapinirmita / Vānara-nirmita)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and sages bathing at the shoreline tīrtha; in the background the vānaras’ stone causeway stretches across the sea, with monkeys carrying stones inscribed with Rāma’s name; the water glows as wish-fulfilling.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Kapīs (monkeys)
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving and bathing in a sanctified tīrtha harmonizes worldly aims with dharma, especially when the place is established through devotion and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, the monkey-constructed sacred ford in the Setu Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the tīrtha, described as sarvābhīṣṭa-pradāyinī (granting desired aims).