Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अमंगलानि नश्येयुर्भवेयुर्मंगलानि च । स्नातुर्वै मंगले तीर्थे नमस्कर्तुश्च मंगलम्

Transliteration

amaṃgalāni naśyeyurbhaveyurmaṃgalāni ca | snāturvai maṃgale tīrthe namaskartuśca maṃgalam

Translation

Inauspicious things are destroyed and auspicious outcomes arise. For one who bathes in the Maṅgala tīrtha—and for one who offers reverent obeisance there—auspiciousness is assured.

Word by Word

• amaṅgalāni: inauspicious things
• amaṅgalāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amaṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• naśyeyuḥ: would perish
• naśyeyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• bhaveyuḥ: would arise/become
• bhaveyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• maṅgalāni: auspicious things
• maṅgalāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): and

• snātuḥ: of the bather
• snātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तुमुन्-आधारित कर्तृवाचक/agent noun usage), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular); ‘one who bathes’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis): indeed

• maṅgale: in the auspicious
• maṅgale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of tīrthe

• tīrthe: in the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• namaskartuḥ: of the one who offers salutation
• namaskartuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तृच्/कर्तृवाचक agent noun), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular); ‘one who salutes’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): and

• maṅgalam: auspiciousness/benefit
• maṅgalam: Karta (Predicate/प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgala-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotees at Maṅgala-tīrtha: one bathing, one elderly/weak offering namaskāra from the steps; both receive the same ‘maṅgala’ blessing signified by light and calm faces.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgala Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not only through bathing but also through humble reverence; both remove inauspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṅgala Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and namaskāra (obeisance) at the tīrtha.