Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

प्रयागतीर्थे सुस्नातो जनो निगडभंजनीम् । सभाजयित्वा नो जातु निगडैः परिबाध्यते

Transliteration

prayāgatīrthe susnāto jano nigaḍabhaṃjanīm | sabhājayitvā no jātu nigaḍaiḥ paribādhyate

Translation

Người nào tắm gội thanh tịnh tại thánh địa Prayāga và kính lễ Devī Nigaḍabhañjanī đúng phép, thì chẳng bao giờ bị khổ vì xiềng xích.

Word by Word

• प्रयागतीर्थे: at the Prayāga tīrtha
• प्रयागतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयागतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक: प्रयाग + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—प्रयागस्य तीर्थम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सुस्नातः: well-bathed
• सुस्नातः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + स्नात (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle): ‘well-bathed’

• जनः: a person
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निगडभंजनीम्: Nigaḍabhañjanī (breaker of fetters)
• निगडभंजनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निगडभंजनी (प्रातिपदिक: निगड + भंजनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—निगडान् भञ्जयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष; ‘breaker of fetters’, goddess-name)

• सभाजयित्वा: having honored
• सभाजयित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भाज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having honored/worshipped’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जातु: ever
• जातु: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb: ‘ever/at any time’)

• निगडैः: by fetters, by shackles
• निगडैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निगड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• परिबाध्यते: is hindered/afflicted
• परिबाध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘is afflicted/obstructed’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga-tīrtha (Kāśī) and Nigaḍabhañjanī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a small ghat on a sacred pond/river inlet labeled Prayāga-tīrtha, a pilgrim completes a bath; then approaches a Devī shrine where Nigaḍabhañjanī is depicted breaking chains, while symbolic fetters fall away from the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga Tīrtha
• Nigaḍabhañjanī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing joined with Devi-honoring devotion is framed as a force that breaks both worldly and karmic bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prayāga Tīrtha (the sacred confluence region), alongside reverence to Nigaḍabhañjanī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at Prayāga and honoring/worshipping Nigaḍabhañjanī.