Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यमतीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा सम्पश्यति यमेश्वरम् । सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्येत सप्तजन्मान्तरार्जितैः

Transliteration

yamatīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sampaśyati yameśvaram | sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyeta saptajanmāntarārjitaiḥ

Translation

Mais à Yama-tīrtha, quiconque se baigne et contemple Yameśvara est délivré de tous les péchés, même de ceux amassés au cours de sept existences.

Word by Word

• यमतीर्थे: at Yama-tīrtha
• यमतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यमस्य तीर्थम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-sūcaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधसूचक-अव्यय (particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (Subject of relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund) — ‘having bathed’

• सम्पश्यति: beholds
• सम्पश्यति: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular

• यमेश्वरम्: Yameśvara (Lord Yama)
• यमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यमस्य ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apādāna (Separation: from sins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि पापानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रमुच्येत: would be freed
• प्रमुच्येत: Kriyā (Passive/resultant release)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)

• सप्तजन्मान्तरार्जितैः: acquired over seven other births
• सप्तजन्मान्तरार्जितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘sins’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मान्तर (जन्म + अन्तर) + अर्जित (अर्ज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्त-जन्मान्तर-आर्जित); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Past participle adjective, Instrumental, Plural; सर्वपापैः-विशेषण

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathing at a solemn ford/ghāṭ named Yama-tīrtha; nearby stands a shrine of Yameśvara—Śiva with austere, disciplinary aura; dark stone, garlands, and a sense of purification.

Characters & Entities

• Yama-tīrtha
• Yameśvara (Yama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān and darśana performed with faith can purify deep karmic burdens extending across many births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yama-tīrtha, along with the darśana of Yameśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Yama-tīrtha and darśana (beholding) of Yameśvara.