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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेच्च राजेन्द्र कपिलातीर्थमुत्तमम् । स्नानमात्रान्नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchecca rājendra kapilātīrthamuttamam | snānamātrānnaro bhaktyā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

শ্রী মার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন—হে রাজেন্দ্র! তারপর উত্তম কপিলা-তীর্থে গমন করা উচিত। সেখানে কেবল স্নানমাত্রেই, ভক্তিযুক্ত মানুষ সকল পাপ-কলুষ থেকে মুক্ত হয়।

Word by Word
śrīmārkaṇḍeyaḥthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
śrīmārkaṇḍeyaḥ:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
tataḥthen; thereafter
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निबद्ध)
Formअव्यय (adverb), ततः = then/thereafter
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
rājendraO king of kings
rājendra:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)
kapilā-tīrthamthe Kapilā ford (tīrtha)
kapilā-tīrtham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkapilā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (कपिलायाः तीर्थम्)
uttamamexcellent; best
uttamam:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tīrtham)
snāna-mātrātfrom mere bathing
snāna-mātrāt:
Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsnāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (स्नानस्य मात्रम्; तस्मात्)
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
mucyateis freed
mucyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)
sarva-kilbiṣaiḥfrom all sins
sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; (सर्वाणि किल्बिषाणि)
Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (Yudhiṣṭhira in the Mahābhārata-linked frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king: a pilgrim approaches a serene river ford labeled Kapilā Tīrtha, steps into the water with folded hands; dark stains (symbolic sins) dissolve into the current.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
K
Kapilā-tīrtha

FAQs

Devotion (bhakti) joined with a simple sacred act like bathing at a tīrtha can cleanse accumulated moral impurity and reorient one toward dharma.

Kapilā-tīrtha, praised in the Revā Khaṇḍa as an excellent pilgrimage spot connected to the Narmadā sacred landscape.

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Kapilā-tīrtha, explicitly said to grant purification when performed with devotion.

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