Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । मुने कश्यपनामासावकरोत्किं हि पातकम् । स्नात्वा तीर्थद्वयेप्यत्र यस्मान्मुक्तोऽभवत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | mune kaśyapanāmāsāvakarotkiṃ hi pātakam | snātvā tīrthadvayepyatra yasmānmukto'bhavatkṣaṇāt

Translation

เหล่าฤๅษีกล่าวว่า: โอ้มุนี บุรุษนามกาศยปะนั้นได้กระทำบาปอันใดเล่า จึงได้อาบน้ำในตีรถะทั้งสอง ณ ที่นี้แล้วหลุดพ้นในบัดดล?

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कश्यपनामा: having the name Kaśyapa
• कश्यपनामा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कश्यप-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कश्यपं नाम यस्य) विशेषणम् (असौ)

• असौ: that person (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अकरोत्: did, committed
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/कारणसूचक (indeed/for)

• पातकम्: sin, offense
• पातकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय

• तीर्थद्वये: in the two tīrthas
• तीर्थद्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-द्वय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• यस्मात्: from which (cause)
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Reason/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (from which/whereby)

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (असौ)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• क्षणात्: in a moment
• क्षणात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in an instant)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gāyatrī–Sarasvatī tīrthadvaya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages leaning forward, one spokesperson asking Sūta about Kāśyapa’s sin; Sūta poised to answer; background hints of twin waters or a map-like sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Kāśyapa
• Tīrtha (two sacred sites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is clarified through inquiry: asking about causes and remedies prepares the listener to understand the logic of purification and grace in tīrtha traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “two tīrthas” (tīrthadvaya) in Setukhaṇḍa are the focus, presented as capable of granting immediate release from sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrthadvaya is the stated purificatory act.