Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

कुयादृतं च मंत्रेण विधिज्ञस्त्वघमर्षणम् । निमज्ज्याप्सु च यो विद्वाञ्जपेत्त्रिरघमर्षणम्

Transliteration

kuyādṛtaṃ ca maṃtreṇa vidhijñastvaghamarṣaṇam | nimajjyāpsu ca yo vidvāñjapettriraghamarṣaṇam

Translation

通晓仪轨者当以“ṛta”之真理咒行阿伽摩尔沙那（Aghamarṣaṇa）。而智者入水沐浴时，应诵阿伽摩尔沙那三遍。

Word by Word

• कुर्यात्: should do / perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ऋतम्: Ṛta (truth/sacred order)
• ऋतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विधिज्ञः: one who knows the rite
• विधिज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधिज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—विधिं जानाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• अघमर्षणम्: Aghamarṣaṇa (sin-destroying prayer/rite)
• अघमर्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघमर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—अघं मर्षयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• निमज्ज्य: having immersed
• निमज्ज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having immersed/bathed'

• अप्सु: in water(s)
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; 'in waters'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

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

• विद्वान्: a learned person
• विद्वान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे (learned)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिः: three times
• त्रिः: Saṅkhyā (Number adjunct/संख्या)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thrice')

• अघमर्षणम्: Aghamarṣaṇa
• अघमर्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघमर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्त)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa stands waist-deep in clear water, eyes half-closed, reciting Aghamarṣaṇa; ripples circle outward as if sins dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Aghamarṣaṇa
• Ṛta (cosmic order/truth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin is removed through disciplined mantra-practice aligned with Ṛta (truth/order), not by casual ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on universally applicable mantra-vidhi within the Dharmāraṇya teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While immersed in water, the Aghamarṣaṇa is to be recited three times by one who knows the proper procedure.