Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

क्षमानाथं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । दानवगन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च सेवितम्

Transliteration

kṣamānāthaṃ tato gacchettīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | dānavagandharvairapsarobhiśca sevitam

Translation

De là, on doit se rendre au gué sacré appelé Kṣamānātha, renommé dans les trois mondes, vénéré et fréquenté par les Dānavas, les Gandharvas et les Apsaras.

Word by Word

• क्षमानाथम्: (the tīrtha called) Kṣamānātha
• क्षमानाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमा-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; क्षमा + नाथ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तीर्थ-नाम (name of a tīrtha)

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Apadana (Source/sequence/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); क्रम/अपादानार्थ (from there/thereafter)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तीर्थम्: to the sacred ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; त्रैलोक्य + विश्रुत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'तीर्थम्'

• दानवगन्धर्वैः: by Dānavas and Gandharvas
• दानवगन्धर्वैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव-गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक; दानव + गन्धर्व)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अप्सरोभिः: by Apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सेवितम्: frequented/served
• सेवितम्: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; 'तीर्थम्' इति पदस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣamānātha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Pārtha-addressed narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous ford where celestial musicians hover: Gandharvas with vīṇā, Apsarases with garlands, and even awe-struck Dānavas offering salutations; the pilgrim path curves along the riverbank toward the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣamānātha Tīrtha
• Dānava
• Gandharva
• Apsaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrthas are so spiritually potent that beings of many realms are drawn to them; pilgrims are urged to seek such sanctified places with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣamānātha Tīrtha, presented as a celebrated pilgrimage ford in the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct injunction to go/visit (gacchet) the tīrtha; specific rites like snāna or dāna are not detailed in this verse.