Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणोऽपि यदि स्नानं तत्र कुण्डे करिष्यति । कृत्वा भीष्मव्रतं सम्यग्ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

brāhmaṇo'pi yadi snānaṃ tatra kuṇḍe kariṣyati | kṛtvā bhīṣmavrataṃ samyagbrahmalokaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

اور اگر کوئی برہمن بھی اُس مقدس کنڈ میں اشنان کرے، بھیشم ورت کو ٹھیک طرح پورا کرکے، تو وہ برہملوک کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kuṇḍe: in the pond/pool
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do, will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → लृट्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kṛtvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• bhīṣmavratam: the Bhīṣma vow
• bhīṣmavratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīṣma + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• brahmalokam: Brahma-loka
• brahmalokam: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः लोकः इति

• prayāsyati: will go/attain
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yā (धातु) → लृट्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned Brāhmaṇa completes Bhīṣma-vrata and steps into a lotus-filled kuṇḍa at dawn; subtle imagery of Brahma-loka (lotus-world) hinted above.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa (implied)
• Bhīṣma-vrata
• Brahma-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of observance—snāna combined with vrata—culminates in exalted posthumous attainment as described by tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa being discussed—Brahmakuṇḍa—praised as a liberative bathing place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in the kuṇḍa and properly observing Bhīṣma-vrata.