Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रसाद्य जगतामीशं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । अष्टम्यां मार्गशीर्षस्य तत्र स्नात्वा युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

prasādya jagatāmīśaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | aṣṭamyāṃ mārgaśīrṣasya tatra snātvā yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

—فإذا أرضى ربَّ العوالم تحرّر من جميع الآثام. وأنت يا يودهيشتيرا، من اغتسل هناك في اليوم القمري الثامن (أشتَمي) من شهر مارغاشيرشا،

Word by Word

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated
• प्रसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘प्रसाद्य’ = प्रसादं कृत्वा/प्रसन्नं कृत्वा (having propitiated/pleased)

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (instrumental used for separation)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः (on the eighth lunar day)

• मार्गशीर्षस्य: of Mārgaśīrṣa (month)
• मार्गशीर्षस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गशीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘स्नात्वा’ = स्नानं कृत्वा (having bathed)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at dawn on Mārgaśīrṣa aṣṭamī, then approaching a Śiva shrine; light mist over the river, sense of purification and grace.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Jagat-īśa (Lord of the worlds)
• Mārgaśīrṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere propitiation of the Lord at a tīrtha, especially when joined to auspicious timing, is said to destroy accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha in the Narmadā region; the passage treats it as a sin-destroying pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha on Mārgaśīrṣa aṣṭamī (the 8th lunar day).