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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

किमु षड्विंशतिं पार्थ प्राप याः क्षणदाकरः । सोऽपि तीर्थमिदं प्राप्य तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम्

Transliteration

kimu ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ pārtha prāpa yāḥ kṣaṇadākaraḥ | so'pi tīrthamidaṃ prāpya tapastaptvā suduścaram

Translation

فما الحاجة إلى ذكر، يا بارثا، الستّ والعشرين من الآثام التي نالها «صانع الليل»؟ حتى هو، إذ بلغ هذا التيرثا وأدّى تَبَسًا شديد العسر، قد تطهّر.

Word by Word
किम्what then/how much more
किम्:
Sambandha (Discourse/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (किम्-प्रयोगः); interrogative particle ('what then/how much more')
उindeed
उ:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; particle (emphasis)
षड्विंशतिम्twenty-six
षड्विंशतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootषड्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + विंशति)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (fem., numeral)
पार्थO Pārtha
पार्थ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular (masc.)
प्रापobtained/reached
प्राप:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect 3rd sg
याःwhich/whom
याः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; relative pronoun accusative plural (fem.)
क्षणदाकरःthe night-maker (moon)
क्षणदाकरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षणदाकर (प्रातिपदिक; क्षणदा + कर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (masc.)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (masc.)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय; particle ('also/even')
तीर्थम्the sacred place
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.), agreeing with तीर्थम्
प्राप्यhaving reached/obtained
प्राप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), absolutive; having obtained
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.)
तप्त्वाhaving practiced (austerity)
तप्त्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootतप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), absolutive; having performed austerity
सुदुश्चरम्very difficult to perform
सुदुश्चरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदुश्चर (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुस् + चर)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.), qualifying तपः
Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced, addressing Pārtha/Yudhiṣṭhira context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somānātha/Prabhāsa tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Pārtha here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark, formidable figure symbolizing the ‘night-maker’ arrives at the tīrtha, then performs severe austerities—standing in meditation, fasting—until a radiant purification aura surrounds him near the shrine/riverbank.

Characters & Entities
P
Pārtha
S
Soma (Moon) implied by kṣaṇadākara
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

Even heavy karmic burden can be relieved through reaching a sanctified tīrtha and undertaking sincere austerity.

The ‘this tīrtha’ of Revā Khaṇḍa, in a passage that is tying Soma’s story to Soma-nātha and its surrounding sacred geography.

Tapas (austerity) performed after reaching the tīrtha is highlighted as the means of purification.

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