Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं राजन्नङ्कूरेश्वरसम्भवम् । तीर्थं सर्वगुणोपेतं परमं पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ rājannaṅkūreśvarasambhavam | tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ paramaṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

O König, dies ist dir verkündet worden: Ursprung und Größe, die mit Aṅkūreśvara verbunden sind—ein Tīrtha, mit allen Vorzügen erfüllt, höchster Vernichter der Sünde.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kathitam: told
• kathitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘told/said’

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (राजन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• aṅkūreśvara-sambhavam: arising from Aṅkūreśvara
• aṅkūreśvara-sambhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṅkūra + īśvara (ईश्वर) + sambhava (सम्भव) (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (aṅkūreśvarasya sambhavam = arising from Aṅkūreśvara)

• tīrtham: holy place/pilgrimage spot
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (तीर्थ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarva-guṇa-upetam: endowed with all virtues
• sarva-guṇa-upetam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + guṇa + upeta (उपेत) (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sarvaiḥ guṇaiḥ upetam = endowed with all qualities)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pāpa-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + nāśana (नाशन) (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ nāśanam = destroyer of sins)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses a king, pointing toward a riverside Shaiva shrine of Aṅkūreśvara; the tīrtha is depicted as radiant, with pilgrims approaching for purification.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅkūreśvara
• Rājan (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and honoring a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act, highlighting the place as a supreme purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha, described as sarvaguṇopeta and parama pāpanāśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it serves as a concluding commendation of the tīrtha’s power.