Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

एतत्तीर्थस्वरूपेण नित्यं वर्तावहे त्वतः । अत्र तीर्थद्वये स्नानादावां तुष्टे तवाधुना

Transliteration

etattīrthasvarūpeṇa nityaṃ vartāvahe tvataḥ | atra tīrthadvaye snānādāvāṃ tuṣṭe tavādhunā

Translation

เราทั้งสองสถิตอยู่ ณ ที่นี้เป็นนิตย์ ในสภาวะอันแท้จริงของทีรถะนี้เอง ด้วยการอาบน้ำชำระในทีรถะคู่ ณ ที่นี้ บัดนี้เราทั้งสองพอพระทัยในท่านแล้ว

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• tīrtha-svarūpeṇa: by/with the nature of a sacred ford
• tīrtha-svarūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे instrumental: 'in the form/nature of a tīrtha'

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• vartāvahe: we two abide/continue
• vartāvahe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद; √वृत्/वर्त्—'to exist/abide'

• tvataḥ: from you
• tvataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative: 'from you'

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• tīrtha-dvaye: in the two sacred fords
• tīrtha-dvaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; dvigu compound meaning 'in the pair of tīrthas'

• snānāt: from bathing
• snānāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative: 'from bathing/after bathing'

• āvām: we two
• āvām: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन; प्रथमा (1); 1st person pronoun 'we two'

• tuṣṭe: pleased (you two)
• tuṣṭe: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) used predicatively: 'pleased'

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive: 'of you/your'

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

Speaker

Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrthadvaya (Gāyatrī–Sarasvatī associated pair)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a serene confluence-like pair of waters, two radiant goddesses manifest subtly within the tīrtha, addressing Kaśyapa; the waters shimmer with mantra-light as the sage completes snāna.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Sarasvatī
• Tīrthadvaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely water or place—it is living divine presence; proper snāna directly pleases the presiding deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘twin tīrthas’ in Setu-kṣetra, presented as the embodied presence of Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrthadvaya is highlighted as the act that wins the goddesses’ satisfaction.