Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा पांचनदे तीर्थे दृष्ट्वा वै बिंदुमाधवम् । न जातु जायते धीमाञ्जननी जठराजिरे

Transliteration

snātvā pāṃcanade tīrthe dṛṣṭvā vai biṃdumādhavam | na jātu jāyate dhīmāñjananī jaṭharājire

Translation

پنج‌نَدا تیرتھ میں اشنان کر کے اور بندو مادھو کے درشن کر کے، دانا انسان پھر کبھی ماں کے رحم—پیٹ کی قید میں—جنم نہیں لیتا۔

Word by Word

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Sambandha (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• pāṃcanade: in Pañcanada (place of five rivers)
• pāṃcanade: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāṃcanada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण; द्विगु-समास (पञ्च + नद)

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Sambandha (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• biṃdumādhavam: Bindu-Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• biṃdumādhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: biṃdu-mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; देवतानाम (proper noun); तत्पुरुष-समास (बिन्दोः माधवः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever/at any time)

• jāyate: is born; arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• jananī: mother
• jananī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; (अत्र ‘जननी’ = mother)

• jaṭharājire: in the womb
• jaṭharājire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭhara-ajira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जठरस्य अजिरम् = womb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanadā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from sacred waters at Pañcanadā, dripping and radiant, then stands before Bindu Mādhava (Viṣṇu) in a small shrine; behind, the shadowy wheel of saṃsāra breaks like a chain.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcanada Tīrtha
• Bindu-Mādhava
• Kāśī (implied)
• Viṣṇu (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Snāna and darśana together are framed as a complete salvific act—purifying karma and cutting the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pañcanada Tīrtha in Kāśī, along with the darśana of Bindu-Mādhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Pañcanada and darśana (devotional viewing) of Bindu-Mādhava.