Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा ह्युमारुद्रं प्रपूजयेत् । वाजपेयस्य यज्ञस्य स लभेत्फलमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā hyumārudraṃ prapūjayet | vājapeyasya yajñasya sa labhetphalamuttamam

Translation

Wer in jener heiligen Tīrtha badet und danach Umā und Rudra in rechter Weise verehrt, erlangt die höchste Frucht, gleich dem Verdienst des Vājapeya-Opfers.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having bathed’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• उमारुद्रम्: Umā and Rudra
• उमारुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा-रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक; उमा + रुद्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समाहारद्वन्द्व/युगलदेवता-निर्देश (Umā and Rudra as a pair)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग ‘प्र’

• वाजपेयस्य: of the Vājapeya (sacrifice)
• वाजपेयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathing at a river ghāṭa, then approaching a shrine where Umā and Rudra are worshiped—Śiva-liṅga adorned, Umā depicted beside; offerings arranged; priest or devotee performing ārati.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Rudra
• Vājapeya Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple tīrtha-bathing joined with heartfelt worship can yield merits praised as equal to great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā)-region tīrtha referenced as “that tīrtha” in the ongoing Revākhaṇḍa māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha followed by pūjā (worship) of Umā and Rudra.