Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सहस्रयज्ञतीर्थं च कपालमोचनं तथा । आग्नेयमदितीशं च वाराहं तीर्थमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sahasrayajñatīrthaṃ ca kapālamocanaṃ tathā | āgneyamaditīśaṃ ca vārāhaṃ tīrthamuttamam

Translation

সেখানে সহস্র-যজ্ঞ তীর্থ এবং কপালমোচনও আছে; তারপর আগ্নেয়, অদিতীশ এবং উৎকৃষ্ট বারাহ তীর্থ।

Word by Word

• सहस्रयज्ञतीर्थम्: Sahasra-yajña tīrtha (tīrtha of a thousand sacrifices)
• सहस्रयज्ञतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (तीर्थनाम)

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

• कपालमोचनम्: Kapāla-mocana (release from the skull-sin)
• कपालमोचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (तीर्थनाम)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आग्नेयम्: Āgneya (Agni-related)
• आग्नेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (अग्निसम्बन्धि; तीर्थनाम/विशेषण)

• अदितीशम्: Aditīśa (lord of Aditi; name of a tīrtha)
• अदितीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (तीर्थनाम)

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

• वाराहम्: Vārāha (Boar-incarnation related)
• वाराहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (वराहसम्बन्धि; तीर्थनाम/विशेषण)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (विशेषण)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasra-yajña; Kapāla-mocana; Āgneya; Aditīśa; Vārāha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim kneels at a ghat labeled Kapāla-mocana, offering water to a Śiva-liṅga; nearby a small fire-altar for Āgneya; a sun-emblem shrine for Aditīśa; and a Vārāha icon emerging from waters, symbolically lifting earth.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrayajña Tīrtha
• Kapālamocana
• Āgneya
• Aditīśa
• Vārāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are portrayed as living embodiments of yajña, purification, and divine protection—supporting dharma through sacred travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sahasrayajña Tīrtha, Kapālamocana, Āgneya, Aditīśa, and especially Vārāha Tīrtha are named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction appears; however, names like Sahasrayajña and Kapālamocana imply yajña-merit and expiatory purification traditionally sought at such sites.