Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन यस्तु पूजयते शिवम् । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य रुद्रलोकादसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatra snātvā vidhānena yastu pūjayate śivam | anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam

Translation

তাত বিধি মতে স্নান কৰি যিয়ে শিৱক পূজা কৰে, তাৰ গতি অনিবর্ত্য হয়; নিঃসন্দেহে সি ৰুদ্ৰলোক লাভ কৰে।

Word by Word

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having bathed)

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनिवर्तिका: non-returning (irreversible)
• अनिवर्तिका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + निवर्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'गतिः' इति विशेषणम् (अनिवर्तनीया = non-returning)

• गतिः: destination/attainment
• गतिः: Karta/Phala (Result as subject/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• रुद्रलोकात्: from Rudra’s world (i.e., reaching Rudraloka, with no return)
• रुद्रलोकात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karkaṭeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim bathes in the Narmadā with folded hands, then approaches a riverside Śiva-liṅga shrine to offer bilva leaves and water; above, a subtle celestial vista hints at Rudraloka.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Rudra
• Rudraloka
• Narmadā
• Karkaṭeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and devotion—snāna followed by Śiva-pūjā—are portrayed as leading to the highest post-mortem goal in a Śaiva frame.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Narmadā-bank tīrtha of Karkaṭeśvara described in Adhyāya 137.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha according to vidhi (proper procedure) and then worship Śiva.