Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

माण्डव्यखातात्पश्चिमतस्तीर्थं तदङ्कूरेश्वरम् । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा शुचिः प्रयतमानसः

Transliteration

māṇḍavyakhātātpaścimatastīrthaṃ tadaṅkūreśvaram | tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ

Translation

Westlich vom heiligen Graben des Māṇḍavya liegt das Tīrtha namens Aṅkūreśvara. Wer dort badet, gereinigt und mit gezügeltem Geist, wird tauglich für das folgende Ritual.

Word by Word

• माण्डव्यखातात्: from Māṇḍavya’s excavation/pond
• माण्डव्यखातात्: Apadana (From/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य-खात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन

• पश्चिमतः: to the west
• पश्चिमतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक-अव्यय (directional adverb: ‘to the west/from the west side’)

• तीर्थम्: the tīrtha (holy place)
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम् इति)

• अङ्कूरेश्वरम्: (called) Aṅkūreśvara
• अङ्कूरेश्वरम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कूर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; नाम (apposition to तीर्थम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

• प्रयतमानसः: with a disciplined mind
• प्रयतमानसः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत-मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a westward riverbank from Māṇḍavya’s pool; signposts or local guides indicate Aṅkūreśvara; the pilgrim bathes, then stands with folded hands, eyes lowered, composed and disciplined.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Aṅkūreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and mental discipline are presented as the proper foundation for receiving the full merit of a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha, located to the west of Māṇḍavya’s khāta (sacred trench).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha with a pure body and restrained mind.