Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ते स्नाताः सर्वतीर्थेषु महापर्वसुभूरिशः । तथा च सर्वावभृथैर्यैः स्नाता मणिकर्णिका

Transliteration

te snātāḥ sarvatīrtheṣu mahāparvasubhūriśaḥ | tathā ca sarvāvabhṛthairyaiḥ snātā maṇikarṇikā

Translation

Diejenigen, die in Maṇikarṇikā gebadet haben, sind, als hätten sie in allen heiligen Tīrthas zu unzähligen großen Festzeiten gebadet; und als hätten sie alle abschließenden Opferbäder (Avabhṛtha) vollzogen.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• स्नाताः: bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred fords (pilgrimage places)
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) बहुवचनम्; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• महापर्वसुभूरिशः: very abundant in great festivals
• महापर्वसुभूरिशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापर्व + सुभूरिश (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifier of ते)

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of manner)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपातः (conjunction)

• सर्वावभृथैः: by all concluding baths (avabhṛtha rites)
• सर्वावभृथैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + अवभृथ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd) बहुवचनम्; करणम् (instrumental)

• यैः: by which
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd) बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध/करणे (refers to अवभृथैः)

• स्नाता: bathed
• स्नाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्

• मणिकर्णिका: Maṇikarṇikā (the sacred place/ghāṭ)
• मणिकर्णिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिकर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्; विशेष्य (qualified by स्नाता)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee/audience within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (traditionally sages/Skanda-Purāṇa narrational chain)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descending the stone steps of Maṇikarṇikā at dawn, offering arghya to the Gaṅgā; priests reciting mantras; the ghāṭa alive with lamps and ritual vessels, suggesting ‘all tīrthas gathered here’.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇikā
• tīrthas (all holy places)
• avabhṛtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single supreme tīrtha-bath is praised as encompassing the merit of many pilgrimages and ritual completions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Maṇikarṇikā; avabhṛtha is cited as a comparative ritual bath.