Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

Quiconque se baigne en ce tīrtha et vénère Parameśvara obtient le mérite que l’on dit provenir du sacrifice de l’Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अवधान/विरोधार्थ

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—परमः ईश्वरः (कर्मधारय)

• अश्वमेधस्य: of the Aśvamedha
• अश्वमेधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः—अश्वस्य मेधः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuation into Adhyāya 153 where he speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārgaleśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathing at a river ford near a Śiva shrine, then offering bilva and lamps to the liṅga; the scene conveys ‘Aśvamedha-tulya’ grandeur through divine radiance rather than royal pomp.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually complete when tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing) is joined with devotion and worship of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) is praised; the verse refers to “that tīrtha” described in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha followed by worship (pūjā) of Parameśvara (Śiva).