Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थोत्तमं चैतत्सद्यः प्रत्ययकारकम् । मया चास्य फलं सम्यगनुभूतमृणादिह

Transliteration

sarvatīrthottamaṃ caitatsadyaḥ pratyayakārakam | mayā cāsya phalaṃ samyaganubhūtamṛṇādiha

Translation

ตีรถะแห่งนี้แลเป็นยอดแห่งตีรถะทั้งปวง ให้ประจักษ์ผลฉับพลัน; ข้าพเจ้าเองได้ประสบผลโดยชอบ ณ ที่นี้ คือความหลุดพ้นจากหนี้กรรม

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थोत्तमम्: the best of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थोत्तमम्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘एतत्’/‘(तीर्थम्)’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् उत्तमम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• एतत्: this (tīrtha)
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — वाक्ये विषय/प्रमेयरूपेण

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — immediately

• प्रत्ययकारकम्: producing conviction; giving sure proof
• प्रत्ययकारकम्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यय + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘एतत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (प्रत्ययं करोति इति)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: fully; properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — properly, completely

• अनुभूतम्: experienced; realized
• अनुभूतम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (experienced)

• ऋणात्: from debt
• ऋणात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — अपादान (from debt)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — here/in this world

Speaker

Lomaśa (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomaśa speaks with conviction, hand raised in affirmation; listeners show wonder; the river-ford glows subtly, suggesting ‘immediate proof’ through a visible aura or cleared sky.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in a tirtha is strengthened by lived experience—Purāṇas often validate sacred geography through direct testimony of realized results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha of Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, snāna at the tirtha; the verse emphasizes the immediacy of its fruit.