Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

विरंचिकुण्डे स्नात्वा वा यो जपेद्वेदमातरम् । लक्षजाप्यविधानेन स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्

Transliteration

viraṃcikuṇḍe snātvā vā yo japedvedamātaram | lakṣajāpyavidhānena sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet

Translation

یا وِرنچی کنڈ میں اشنان کر کے جو کوئی وید ماتا کا جپ ایک لاکھ بار کے قاعدے کے مطابق کرے، وہ گناہوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• विरंचिकुण्डे: in the Viranci-kuṇḍa (pond)
• विरंचिकुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरंचि-कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरणे (locative of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done earlier)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (particle of alternative)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• जपेत्: should recite/chant
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वेदमातरम्: the Mother of the Vedas (Gāyatrī)
• वेदमातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद-मातर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: by the procedure of one-lakh repetitions
• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष-जाप्य-विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/उपायार्थे (instrumental: by means of)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative pronoun)

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate adjective)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from/by sins; instrumental of separation)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viraṃcikuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a stepped pond (kuṇḍa), a pilgrim emerges from ritual bath, sits on a clean cloth facing east, counting beads for a lakṣa-japa, while a subtle presence of Vāk-devī is suggested by a veena/book/lotus motif.

Characters & Entities

• Viraṃcikuṇḍa
• Veda-mātṛ (Veda-mātaram)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is achieved through a union of tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) and disciplined mantra-japa performed according to rule.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viraṃcikuṇḍa, a Brahmā-associated sacred pond within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Viraṃcikuṇḍa and lakṣa-japa (100,000 repetitions) of ‘Veda-mātṛ’ (a sacred Vedic/Devī invocation).