Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

साध्यामृतं महातीर्थ महापुण्यफलप्रदम् । महादुःखप्रशमनं गन्धमादनपर्वते

Transliteration

sādhyāmṛtaṃ mahātīrtha mahāpuṇyaphalapradam | mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ gandhamādanaparvate

Translation

سادھیامرت ایک مہا تیرتھ ہے جو عظیم پُنّیہ کے پھل عطا کرتا ہے۔ یہ گندھمادن پہاڑ پر واقع ہے اور بڑے بڑے دکھوں کو مٹا دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• साध्यामृतम्: Sādhyāmṛta
• साध्यामृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; विषय/उद्देश्य

• महातीर्थम्: a great sacred ford
• महातीर्थम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; साध्यामृतस्य विशेषणम्

• महापुण्यफलप्रदम्: bestowing great meritorious results
• महापुण्यफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषण (साध्यामृतम्)

• महादुःखप्रशमनम्: the pacifier of great sorrow
• महादुःखप्रशमनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषण (साध्यामृतम्)

• गन्धमादनपर्वते: on/at Mount Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादनपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; स्थानवाचक

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous mountain tīrtha: clear spring or pool named Sādhyāmṛta nestled amid Gandhamādana’s slopes; pilgrims and sages sit in meditation, their sorrow symbolically dissolving into the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta
• Gandhamādana Parvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is praised as medicine for suffering—merit translates into inner relief and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta, identified as a mahātīrtha on Gandhamādana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it declares the site’s phala (benefits) and location.