Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्नान मात्रेण संशुद्धा दिव्यदेहा भवंति ते । स्नात्वा च पूजयेद्देवं मुच्यते ज्वरबन्धनात्

Transliteration

snāna mātreṇa saṃśuddhā divyadehā bhavaṃti te | snātvā ca pūjayeddevaṃ mucyate jvarabandhanāt

Translation

اس مقدّس مقام پر محض غسل کرنے سے ہی وہ پاک ہو جاتے ہیں اور نورانی، الٰہی حالت پاتے ہیں۔ اور غسل کے بعد اگر کوئی پروردگار کی پوجا کرے تو بخار کی قید و بند سے رہائی پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• स्नान: bathing
• स्नान: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचनार्थे (instrumental sense in construction with मात्रेण); अव्ययीभावार्थे प्रयोगः (by means of bathing)

• मात्रेण: by mere (act)
• मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘मात्र’ = only/merely (instrumental: by mere measure)

• संशुद्धाः: purified
• संशुद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+शुध् (धातु) → संशुद्ध (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘fully purified’

• दिव्यदेहाः: divine-bodied
• दिव्यदेहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (having divine bodies)

• भवन्ति: become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

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

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is released)

• ज्वरबन्धनात्: from fever’s bondage
• ज्वरबन्धनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jvara-sya bandhanam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative: from the bondage)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-tīrtha (kuṇḍa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpati / king (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a stone-lined kuṇḍa at dawn; nearby stands a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Indreśvara. After bathing, devotees offer bilva, water, and lamps; a formerly fever-stricken devotee appears calm and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Indreśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred bath, when joined with devotion and worship, purifies the person and removes suffering—here symbolized by fever.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Indreśvara-related sacred kuṇḍa/tīrtha within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (bathing) in the sacred waters and then do deva-pūjā (worship of the Lord).