Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सूर्यवद्भासते विप्रा वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् । नीलतीर्थं प्रवक्ष्यामि महापातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

sūryavadbhāsate viprā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet | nīlatīrthaṃ pravakṣyāmi mahāpātakanāśanam

Translation

ดูก่อนวิปรทั้งหลาย ที่นั้นส่องสว่างดุจพระอาทิตย์ และย่อมได้ผลแห่งอัศวเมธยัญ บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าจักพรรณนา นีละ-ตีรถะ ผู้ทำลายมหาบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• सूर्यवत्: like the sun
• सूर्यवत्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; उपमानवाचक (like the sun)

• भासते: shines
• भासते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• वाजिमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Vājimedha sacrifice
• वाजिमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वाजिमेधस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain / may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नीलतीर्थम्: Nīla-tīrtha
• नीलतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नीलस्य तीर्थम्)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महापातकनाशनम्: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महापातकस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīla-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ/dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nīla-tīrtha is depicted as a radiant water-body, gleaming like the Sun; brāhmaṇas gaze in wonder as the narrator announces its power to destroy great sins.

Characters & Entities

• Nīla-tīrtha
• Sūrya
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa exalts tīrthas as radiant centers of dharma whose grace can equal the fruits of the highest sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nīla-tīrtha at Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, pilgrimage and snāna at the tīrtha; the verse mainly introduces Nīla-tīrtha and its sin-destroying power.