Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

अस्ति तीर्थद्वयं विप्रा गायत्री च सरस्वती । तत्र त्वं स्नानमात्रेण शुद्धो भूयाश्च तत्क्षणे

Transliteration

asti tīrthadvayaṃ viprā gāyatrī ca sarasvatī | tatra tvaṃ snānamātreṇa śuddho bhūyāśca tatkṣaṇe

Translation

โอ้พราหมณ์ มีทิรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์อยู่สองแห่ง คือ คายตรี และ สรัสวตี เพียงอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้น ท่านจักบริสุทธิ์ในบัดดลนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• अस्ति: there is / exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थद्वयम्: a pair of sacred fords (two tīrthas)
• तीर्थद्वयम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Object/Predicative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense in context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī (tīrtha)
• गायत्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (tīrtha)
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुद्धः: purified
• शुद्धः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूयाः: may you become
• भूयाः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्क्षणे: at that very moment
• तत्क्षणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śākalya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrī–Sarasvatī (tīrtha-dvaya)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa is instructed about two luminous tīrthas named Gayatrī and Sarasvatī; the waters shimmer as if embodying mantra and Vedic speech, promising instant purification upon bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Gayatrī Tīrtha
• Sarasvatī Tīrtha
• Setu
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry purifying potency; sincere contact through snāna can quickly restore spiritual cleanliness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayatrī Tīrtha and Sarasvatī Tīrtha, presented within the Setu-kṣetra/Gandhamādana setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the two tīrthas as a prāyaścitta leading to immediate śuddhi (purification).