Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया । कार्त्तिकस्य तु मासस्य कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशी

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro rājanmucyate brahmahatyayā | kārttikasya tu māsasya kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśī

Translation

هناك، أيها الملك، من اغتسل تحرّر حتى من إثم قتل البرهمن. ويُؤكَّد ذلك خصوصًا في اليوم القمري الرابع عشر من النصف المظلم من شهر كارتيكا.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bathed)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• ब्रह्महत्यया: from/with the sin of brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/from which freed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः हत्या)

• कार्त्तिकस्य: of Kārttika (month)
• कार्त्तिकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मासस्य: of the month
• मासस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (कृष्णः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दशी: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तिथिवाचक

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely a narrator addressing a king within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastyeśvara

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at dawn on Kārttika kṛṣṇa caturdaśī at a riverside ghat near Agastyeśvara; lamps flicker, priests chant, the Śiva shrine visible beyond the steps.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika (month)
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Revā (Narmadā context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere tīrtha-bathing, especially when timed with sacred calendrical observances, is praised as a powerful purifier even of the gravest sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) is being extolled; the exact name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, particularly on Kārttika month’s kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī.