Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

आनीतं तत्क्षणात्सर्वं भृत्यैस्तद्वशवर्तिभिः । स्नानं कृत्वा शुभे तोये सङ्गमे पापनाशने

Transliteration

ānītaṃ tatkṣaṇātsarvaṃ bhṛtyaistadvaśavartibhiḥ | snānaṃ kṛtvā śubhe toye saṅgame pāpanāśane

Translation

Sogleich wurde alles von den Dienern herbeigebracht, die seinem Befehl ergeben waren. Dann badete er in den glückverheißenden Wassern am Zusammenfluss, dem Vernichter der Sünden, und schritt weiter.

Word by Word

• आनीतम्: was brought
• आनीतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘आनीत’ = brought

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, from that moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (From that moment/starting point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्मिन् क्षणे)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (आनीतम्)

• भृत्यैः: by the servants
• भृत्यैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• तद्वशवर्तिभिः: obedient to him, under his control
• तद्वशवर्तिभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्-वश-वर्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + वश + वर्तिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भृत्यैः); तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य वशे वर्तन्ति ये)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

• शुभे: auspicious, holy
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तोये)

• तोये: in the water
• तोये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापनाशने: sin-destroying
• पापनाशने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + नाशन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सङ्गमे); तत्पुरुष-समास (पापस्य नाशनः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sangama (pāpa-nāśana) near Prabhāsa/Somanātha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Attendants quickly assemble firewood and ritual items; the king enters shimmering confluence waters, performs snāna with folded hands; the sangama is depicted as two streams meeting (or river meeting sea).

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Saṅgama (holy confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a tirtha-saṅgama is upheld as a powerful purifier that prepares one for higher rites and higher destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “saṅgama” (holy confluence) associated with the Somanātha sacred region in the Revākhaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in auspicious, sin-destroying waters at the confluence.