Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु या नारी पुरुषो वा युधिष्ठिर । स्नात्वा सम्पूजयेद्भक्त्या महादेवमुमायुतम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yā nārī puruṣo vā yudhiṣṭhira | snātvā sampūjayedbhaktyā mahādevamumāyutam

Translation

En ce tīrtha sacré, ô Yudhiṣṭhira, femme ou homme, après s’être baigné, doit vénérer avec dévotion Mahādeva, accompagné d’Umā.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle: indeed/but)

• या: who (any woman)
• या: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरुषः: man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Alternative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: स्ना (to bathe)

• सम्पूजयेत्: should worship
• सम्पूजयेत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: सम्-√पूज् (to worship)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Means/Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• उमायुतम्: accompanied by Umā
• उमायुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उमा + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (उमया युतः = accompanied by Umā) विशेषणम् (qualifying महादेवम्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Alikeśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river ford complete snāna; then a couple/individual offers bilva leaves and water to a liṅga where Mahādeva is envisioned with Umā beside him, both receiving worship.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Mahādeva
• Umā
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by devotion: bathing at the tīrtha should culminate in heartfelt worship of Śiva together with the Goddess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha referenced in Adhyāya 225—Alikeśvara’s sacred ford/shrine within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) followed by bhakti-based pūjā of Mahādeva with Umā.