Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

मुक्तितीर्थं तु तत्तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थेष्वनुत्तमम् । दर्शनादेव यस्यैव पापं याति महत्क्षयम्

Transliteration

muktitīrthaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam | darśanādeva yasyaiva pāpaṃ yāti mahatkṣayam

Translation

Ce tīrtha est véritablement nommé Muktitīrtha, sans égal parmi tous les gués sacrés. Par sa seule vision, le péché s’anéantit grandement.

Word by Word

• मुक्तितीर्थम्: the liberation-tīrtha
• मुक्तितीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तेः तीर्थम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that very tīrtha
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular; कर्मधारय (तत् एव तीर्थम्)

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: among all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन — Neuter, Locative plural; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular (predicate adjective of तीर्थम्)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (it)
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — particle (only/indeed)

• यस्य: of which/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (relative pronoun)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — particle

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular

• याति: goes/comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 3rd person singular

• महत्-क्षयम्: great destruction (cessation)
• महत्-क्षयम्: Karma (Goal/object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; कर्मधारय (महान् क्षयः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muktitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims crest a path and behold the shining ford ‘Muktitīrtha’; the river glints like a ribbon of light; some fold hands in awe, suggesting ‘darśanād eva’ pāpa-kṣaya.

Characters & Entities

• Muktitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is spiritually potent—contact even through darśana can begin the dissolution of accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Muktitīrtha, declared anuttama (unsurpassed) among all tīrthas in this Revā Khaṇḍa passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on darśana (reverent visitation/seeing) as itself a purifier; it prepares one for further snāna and worship described nearby.