Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

शुचिर्भूत्वा ममास्थीनि तत्र तीर्थे विनिक्षिप । मोक्ष्यसे सर्वपापैस्त्वं मम वाक्यान्न संशयः

Transliteration

śucirbhūtvā mamāsthīni tatra tīrthe vinikṣipa | mokṣyase sarvapāpaistvaṃ mama vākyānna saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Nachdem du dich gereinigt hast, lege meine Knochen in jenes Tīrtha. Auf mein Wort hin wirst du von allen Sünden befreit sein – daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having become)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

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

• तीर्थे: at the holy place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विनिक्षिप: deposit
• विनिक्षिप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be freed
• मोक्ष्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु-भावे), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाक्यात्: from (because of) the statement
• वाक्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन

Speaker

A sage/elder instructing the king (contextual; exact identity not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king (addressed as ‘tvam’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river ford, the king—purified—solemnly immerses a bone-relic bundle into the Narmadā; the elder’s words hover as a spiritual guarantee of sin-release.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda (implied tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śauca (purity) and faithful performance of rites at a sanctified place are presented as powerful supports for purification and spiritual release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to depositing remains at “that tīrtha,” understood from context as Śūlabheda on the Narmadā’s southern bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A purity observance (becoming śuci) followed by placing the speaker’s asthi (bones/remains) in the tīrtha.