Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रसाद्य जगतामीशं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । अष्टम्यां मार्गशीर्षस्य तत्र स्नात्वा युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

prasādya jagatāmīśaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | aṣṭamyāṃ mārgaśīrṣasya tatra snātvā yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

—having pleased the Lord of the worlds, one is released from all sins. And, O Yudhiṣṭhira, by bathing there on the eighth lunar day (aṣṭamī) of Mārgaśīrṣa,

Word by Word

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated
• प्रसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘प्रसाद्य’ = प्रसादं कृत्वा/प्रसन्नं कृत्वा (having propitiated/pleased)

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (instrumental used for separation)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः (on the eighth lunar day)

• मार्गशीर्षस्य: of Mārgaśīrṣa (month)
• मार्गशीर्षस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गशीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘स्नात्वा’ = स्नानं कृत्वा (having bathed)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at dawn on Mārgaśīrṣa aṣṭamī, then approaching a Śiva shrine; light mist over the river, sense of purification and grace.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Jagat-īśa (Lord of the worlds)
• Mārgaśīrṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere propitiation of the Lord at a tīrtha, especially when joined to auspicious timing, is said to destroy accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha in the Narmadā region; the passage treats it as a sin-destroying pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha on Mārgaśīrṣa aṣṭamī (the 8th lunar day).