Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ततस्त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य केशवस्याति पुण्यदम् । तीर्थं यत्राप्लुता मर्त्या मर्त्यलोकं विशंति न

Transliteration

tatastribhuvanākhyasya keśavasyāti puṇyadam | tīrthaṃ yatrāplutā martyā martyalokaṃ viśaṃti na

Translation

Darauf folgt die überaus verdienstspendende Tīrtha des Keśava, Tribhuvana genannt. Sterbliche, die dort baden, betreten die Welt der Sterblichen nicht wieder.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/क्रम
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘thereafter/from there’

• त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य: of the one called ‘Three-worlds’
• त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + भुवन + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण (of Keśava)

• केशवस्य: of Keśava
• केशवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अति: exceedingly
• अति: विशेषण-बल (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier: ‘very/exceedingly’)

• पुण्यदम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यदम्: विशेषण (of tīrtha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + द (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘giving merit’

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: कर्ता/विषय (topic: the tīrtha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• आप्लुताः: having bathed
• आप्लुताः: कर्तृविशेषण (qualifier of ‘martyāḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√प्लु (धातु) → आप्लुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘having bathed/immersed’

• मर्त्याः: mortals
• मर्त्याः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मर्त्यलोकम्: the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विशन्ति: they enter
• विशन्ति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: निषेध (negates verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tribhuvana-Keśava Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/assembly in Kāśī-māhātmya frame (not specified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Keśava shrine near a sacred bathing spot; the water reflects a cosmic ‘three worlds’ motif (earth, mid-sky, heaven) as concentric luminous bands; pilgrims emerge from the bath with serene, liberated expressions.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Tribhuvana (name of Keśava/tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is celebrated as a gateway beyond saṃsāra—bathing there is linked with non-return to mortal existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Keśava called ‘Tribhuvana’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āplavana/snānā (ritual bathing/immersion) promising freedom from re-entry into martyaloka.