Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तत्र हंसेश्वरे तीर्थे गत्वा स्नात्वा युधिष्ठिर । पूजयेत्परमेशानं स पापैः परिमुच्यते

Transliteration

tatra haṃseśvare tīrthe gatvā snātvā yudhiṣṭhira | pūjayetparameśānaṃ sa pāpaiḥ parimucyate

Translation

Ô Yudhiṣṭhira, celui qui se rend au gué sacré de Haṃseśvara et s’y baigne doit adorer Parameśāna (Śiva) ; par cela, il est entièrement délivré des péchés.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• haṃseśvare: at Haṃseśvara
• haṃseśvare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्ध

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gatvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) → snātvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• yudhiṣṭhira: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• yudhiṣṭhira: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• parameśānam: the Supreme Lord (Īśāna)
• parameśānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (परमः ईशानः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• pāpaiḥ: from sins
• pāpaiḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from sins)

• parimucyate: is freed
• parimucyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु) + pari- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भाव (is freed)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haṃseśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at Haṃseśvara tīrtha, bathe in the Narmadā, then proceed with wet hair and folded hands to worship the Śiva-liṅga as Parameśāna.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Haṃseśvara
• Parameśāna
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage joined with bathing and Śiva-worship is taught as a direct means of purification from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Haṃseśvara Tīrtha, a sacred bathing and worship site in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go to the tīrtha, perform snāna, and worship Parameśāna (Śiva).