Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तीर्थपञ्चकपूतस्य वैष्णवस्य विशेषतः । युगपच्चविनश्येत तूलराशिरिवानलात्

Transliteration

tīrthapañcakapūtasya vaiṣṇavasya viśeṣataḥ | yugapaccavinaśyeta tūlarāśirivānalāt

Translation

Pour un Vaiṣṇava en particulier — purifié par les cinq tīrthas — ces péchés sont détruits sur-le-champ, comme un tas de coton par le feu.

Word by Word

• तीर्थ: of a pilgrimage place
• तीर्थ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• पञ्चक: of the group of five
• पञ्चक: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• पूतस्य: of the purified (one)
• पूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (प्रातिपदिक; √पू 'to purify' से निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (तीर्थ-पञ्चक-पूतस्य)

• वैष्णवस्य: of a Vaiṣṇava (devotee of Viṣṇu)
• वैष्णवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Prayojaka (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण ('especially')

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Prayojaka (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण ('simultaneously')

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• विनश्येत: would perish/be destroyed
• विनश्येत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तूल: cotton
• तूल: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• राशिः: a heap
• राशिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारण (तूल-राशिः = heap of cotton)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana (Simile)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (simile-marker)

• अनलात्: from fire
• अनलात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Revākhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrtha-pañcaka (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-Vaiṣṇava completing a five-tīrtha circuit; sins depicted as a cotton heap igniting instantly—metaphor made visual beside a riverbank shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇava
• Tīrtha-pañcaka (five tīrthas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā and devotion rapidly purify; sincere pilgrimage burns accumulated sin like fire consumes cotton.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘tīrtha-pañcaka’—a set of five holy places within the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the five-tīrtha circuit (tīrtha-pañcaka) as a purifying observance, especially as a Vaiṣṇava devotee.