Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

त्रिरात्रस्नानतो ह्यत्र वाजपेयफलं भवेत् । देवतीर्थस्मृतेः सद्यः पापेभ्यो मुच्यते नरः

Transliteration

trirātrasnānato hyatra vājapeyaphalaṃ bhavet | devatīrthasmṛteḥ sadyaḥ pāpebhyo mucyate naraḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นี้ติดต่อกันสามราตรี ย่อมได้ผลบุญดุจประกอบวาชเปยะยัญ และเพียงระลึกถึงเทวตีรถะ ก็พ้นบาปได้โดยฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• त्रिरात्रस्नानतः: from (the act of) bathing for three nights
• त्रिरात्रस्नानतः: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिरात्र-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; त्रिरात्र + स्नान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणार्थे (ablative of cause)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतौ (indeed/for)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• वाजपेयफलम्: the fruit of the Vājapeya (sacrifice)
• वाजपेयफलम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय-फल (प्रातिपदिक; वाजपेय + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would arise / would be obtained
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवतीर्थस्मृतेः: from the remembrance of Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थस्मृतेः: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतीर्थ-स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक; देवतीर्थ + स्मृति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (from remembrance)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: immediately)

• पापेभ्यः: from sins
• पापेभ्यः: Apādāna (Source: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Māhātmya narration style within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas (implied audience of the section)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a luminous sea-shore ford of Rāmasetu, performing repeated baths over three nights; a subtle aura forms the syllables ‘Devatīrtha’ above the waters, signifying sin-dissolution by remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha
• Vājapeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and sincere remembrance of a sacred site can purify sins and bestow great merit traditionally associated with major Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha, within the Setukhaṇḍa sacred geography associated with Rāma’s Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Three-night bathing (trirātra-snānā) at the tīrtha; additionally, even smaraṇa (remembrance) of Devatīrtha is praised as purifying.