Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एष ते कथितः प्रश्नः पृष्टो यो वै युधिष्ठिर । तत्र स्नानेन चैकेन सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

eṣa te kathitaḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭo yo vai yudhiṣṭhira | tatra snānena caikena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

O Yudhiṣṭhira, so ist deine Frage beantwortet: Durch nur ein heiliges Bad dort wird man von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

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

• कथितः: told/related
• कथितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रश्नः: question
• प्रश्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (प्रश्नस्य) विशेषण

• यः: which/that (relative)
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; नाम

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

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकेन: with a single (bath)
• एकेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (स्नानेन) विशेषण

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Ablative/source of separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverbank on Revā; a pilgrim completes a single ritual bath while a sage addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, emphasizing instant purification.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a channel of grace: sincere tīrtha-bathing is taught as a swift means of pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha where Pattreśvara is established; it is praised as capable of removing all sins by snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Eka-snānā: performing even a single bath at that tīrtha.