Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र स्नात्वा नरो विप्र सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । सीतया किल तत्कुण्डं स्वयमेव विनिर्मितम् । रामेण वरदानाच्च महाफलनिधीकृतम्

Transliteration

yatra snātvā naro vipra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | sītayā kila tatkuṇḍaṃ svayameva vinirmitam | rāmeṇa varadānācca mahāphalanidhīkṛtam

Translation

ที่นั่น โอ้พราหมณ์ ผู้ใดลงอาบย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง. สระนั้นเล่ากันว่า พระนางสีตาทรงสร้างขึ้นด้วยพระองค์เอง; และด้วยพรประทานของพระราม จึงเป็นขุมทรัพย์แห่งผลอันยิ่งใหญ่.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purva-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु √स्ना)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

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

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (separation)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुच् (धातु √मुच्)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सीतया: by Sītā
• सीतया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent in passive sense)

• किल: indeed, it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/श्रुत्यर्थक अव्यय (indeed, it is said)

• तत्कुण्डम्: that pond
• तत्कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (तत् + कुण्डम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: by herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः अव्यय (by oneself)

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• विनिर्मितम्: constructed, made
• विनिर्मितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्मा (धातु √मा/√निर्मा)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कुण्डम् इति विशेषण

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे/हेतौ

• वरदानात्: from (his) boon-giving
• वरदानात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (because of/from the boon)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाफलनिधीकृतम्: made a treasure-store of great fruits (great results)
• महाफलनिधीकृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + फल + निधि + कृत (धातु √कृ)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष; कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) 'कृत'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कुण्डम् इति विशेषण

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā fashions a pond—earth opening to reveal clear water and lotuses—while Rāma bestows a boon, making it a radiant ‘treasury of fruits’; pilgrims bathe as dark stains of sin dissolve into the water’s shimmer.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Sītā
• Rāma
• Sītākuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine-associated tīrthas carry transformative power: sincere bathing at such a site is described as purifying even grave sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sītākuṇḍa, the pond said to be created by Sītā and empowered by Rāma’s boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Sītākuṇḍa for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya (removal of all sins).