Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

असत्यवादिनो ये च परनिन्दा परायणाः । स्नानमात्रेण शुध्यन्ति ऋषितीर्थे न संशयः

Transliteration

asatyavādino ye ca paranindā parāyaṇāḥ | snānamātreṇa śudhyanti ṛṣitīrthe na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

即便是说谎者、以诋毁他人为业者，也能在Ṛṣitīrtha仅凭沐浴而得清净——对此毫无疑虑。

Word by Word

• असत्यवादिनः: speakers of falsehood, liars
• असत्यवादिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + सत्य + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (असत्यं वदन्ति ये)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

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

• परनिन्दापरायणाः: intent on slandering others
• परनिन्दापरायणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परनिन्दा + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (परनिन्दायां परायणाः = devoted to others’ censure)

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शुध्यन्ति: become purified
• शुध्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु √शुध्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ऋषितीर्थे: in Ṛṣitīrtha
• ऋषितीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋषीणां तीर्थम्)

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (continuation of tīrtha-phala proclamation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful pilgrim approaches the well, washes, and emerges with a calmer face; symbolic dark speech-impurities dissolve into the water; sages or a small shrine witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sanctified tīrtha offers moral reformation—purification is possible even for grave faults when approached with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣitīrtha, the sages’ well near Siddheśvara in the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Ṛṣitīrtha is prescribed as a purificatory act.