Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं शुद्धरुद्रेति कीर्तितम् । विख्यातं त्रिषु लोके ब्रह्महत्याहरं परम्

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ śuddharudreti kīrtitam | vikhyātaṃ triṣu loke brahmahatyāharaṃ param

Translation

Von da an wurde diese heilige Furt als „Śuddharudra“ gerühmt. In den drei Welten ist sie bekannt als der höchste Tilger der brahma-hatyā.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “then”)

• आप्रभृति: from then onward
• आप्रभृति: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आप्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ-सीमावाचक (indeclinable indicating starting point: “from (that time) onward”)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• शुद्धरुद्र: Śuddharudra (name)
• शुद्धरुद्र: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular); नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• कीर्तितम्: is called/celebrated
• कीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “(is) called/celebrated”

• विख्यातम्: well-known
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (locative plural); विशेषण

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (masculine, locative plural)

• ब्रह्महत्या: brahmin-slaying (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्या: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: “killing of a Brahmin”); प्रातिपदिक (as first member of compound)

• हरम्: removing/destroying
• हरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (agent noun/participle sense “removing”), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuddharudra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-ford on the Revā where a Śaiva tīrtha is proclaimed ‘Śuddharudra’; sages/kingly listener hears of its fame across the three worlds; subtle icon of Rudra’s presence over the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Śuddharudra Tīrtha
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas are divinely established as exceptional instruments of purification, embodying grace within sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuddharudra Tīrtha, praised as the foremost remover of brahma-hatyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not in this verse; it proclaims the tīrtha’s unique spiritual efficacy.