Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

प्रातश्चतुर्थीं स्नात्वाथ तीर्थं पैलिपिले शुभे । त्रिलोचनं समर्च्याथ प्रसुप्ता रंगमंडपे

Transliteration

prātaścaturthīṃ snātvātha tīrthaṃ pailipile śubhe | trilocanaṃ samarcyātha prasuptā raṃgamaṃḍape

Translation

Dann, im Morgengrauen des vierten Tithi, badeten sie im glückverheißenden Pailipila-Tīrtha; und nachdem sie Trilocana gebührend verehrt hatten, schliefen sie im Aufführungspavillon ein.

Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the morning)

• चतुर्थीम्: the fourth (tithi)
• चतुर्थीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (the fourth tithi)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having bathed’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्य-बोधक-अव्यय (particle: then)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पैलिपिले: at Pailipila (place-name)
• पैलिपिले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैलिपिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; देश/स्थानवाचक

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the place/tīrtha)

• त्रिलोचनम्: Trilocana (the three-eyed one)
• त्रिलोचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य’ इति (epithet of Śiva)

• समर्च्य: having duly worshipped
• समर्च्य: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having worshipped’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्य-बोधक-अव्यय (particle: then)

• प्रसुप्ताः: fell asleep / were asleep
• प्रसुप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√स्वप् (धातु) → प्रसुप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग? / पुंलिङ्ग? प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सन्दर्भे ‘बालाः’ (स्त्रीलिङ्ग) अपेक्षया: स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन ‘प्रसुप्ताः/प्रसुप्ताः’ (पाठानुसार)

• रंगमंडपे: in the stage-pavilion
• रंगमंडपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रंग + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘रंगस्य मण्डपः’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pailipila Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dawn on caturthī: devotees step into a small sacred water-spot (tīrtha), then proceed to worship Trilocana Śiva; afterward they sleep in a performance pavilion, exhausted yet peaceful.

Characters & Entities

• Pailipila Tīrtha
• Trilocana (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A complete pilgrimage act unites tīrtha-snān (purifying bath) with Śiva-arcana (reverent worship), culminating in inner repose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pailipila Tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), along with the shrine/aspect of Śiva known as Trilocana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at dawn on Caturthī at a specified tīrtha, followed by formal worship (sam-arcana) of Trilocana Śiva.