Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

बहूदके च यः स्नात्वा बालादित्यं प्रपूजयेत् । तस्य स्याद्भास्करस्तुष्टो मोक्षोपायं च विंदति

Transliteration

bahūdake ca yaḥ snātvā bālādityaṃ prapūjayet | tasya syādbhāskarastuṣṭo mokṣopāyaṃ ca viṃdati

Translation

凡在巴呼达迦（Bahūdaka）沐浴后礼敬婆罗阿底提耶（Bālāditya）者，日神婆斯迦罗（Bhāskara）必悦纳于他，并令其得见解脱（mokṣa）之道。

Word by Word

• बहूदके: in Bahūdaka (the sacred tank/place)
• बहूदके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहूदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—बहु + उदक (कर्मधारयः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having bathed’

• बालादित्यं: Bālāditya (the Sun-deity)
• बालादित्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—बालः आदित्यः (कर्मधारयः)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः—प्र

• तस्य: of him / for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be / may become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Copula/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta-prakara (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• मोक्षोपायं: means to liberation
• मोक्षोपायं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष + उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—मोक्षस्य उपायः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विंदति: finds/attains
• विंदति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka (Mahākuṇḍa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a lotus-filled sacred pool (Bahūdaka), dripping water, facing east; he offers arghya to a radiant child-form Sun (Bālāditya) on a small altar by the bank; the sky glows with dawn light.

Characters & Entities

• Bahūdaka
• Bālāditya
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna joined with sincere worship transforms merit into a direct support for liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahūdaka tīrtha, where Bālāditya is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Bahūdaka followed by worship (pūjā) of Bālāditya.