Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तदोत्तार्य मया मुक्तास्तीरे पुण्यजलाशये । ततो मया कृतं स्नानं सह तैर्द्विजसत्तमैः

Transliteration

tadottārya mayā muktāstīre puṇyajalāśaye | tato mayā kṛtaṃ snānaṃ saha tairdvijasattamaiḥ

Translation

将他们渡过之后，我在那圣洁水池之滨放他们登岸。随后我与那些最上等的婆罗门一同行了圣浴之礼。

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• उत्तार्य: having ferried across
• उत्तार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having brought across/rescued’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental); एकवचन

• मुक्ताः: were released
• मुक्ताः: Kriya (Predicate in passive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case/locative); एकवचन

• पुण्य-जलाशये: in the holy reservoir
• पुण्य-जलाशये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जलाशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: पुण्यः जलाशयः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततोऽर्थे (thereafter/from there)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया; एकवचन

• कृतम्: done, performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition-like: with)

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन

• द्विज-सत्तमैः: with the best of Brahmins
• द्विज-सत्तमैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: द्विजानां सत्तमाः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator within the passage (first-person); framed by Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇya-jalāśaya at Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims reach a sacred pond by the shore; the narrator helps ‘bring them across’ and then releases them onto the bank; the group performs a calm, reverent bath.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇya-jalāśaya (holy water-reservoir)
• Dvija-sattamas (excellent brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the virtuous and tīrtha-snānā are paired as dharmic acts that sanctify both the journey and the pilgrim.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A puṇya-jalāśaya (holy water-reservoir) on the shore near the land–sea confluence is highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) at the holy water body, ideally in the company of learned and virtuous dvijas.