Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

पितृतीर्थं च तत्रैव ओङ्कारस्य च सम्भवम् । माहात्म्यं पञ्चलिङ्गानामोङ्कारस्य मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

pitṛtīrthaṃ ca tatraiva oṅkārasya ca sambhavam | māhātmyaṃ pañcaliṅgānāmoṅkārasya munīśvarāḥ

Translation

Et là même se trouve le Pitṛtīrtha, le gué sacré des Ancêtres, ainsi que l’origine de l’Oṅkāra. Ô sages, on y célèbre la grandeur des cinq liṅga, et celle de l’Oṅkāra aussi.

Word by Word

• पितृ-तीर्थम्: Pitṛ-tīrtha (ancestral sacred place)
• पितृ-तीर्थम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पितॄणां तीर्थम्’ (name)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ओङ्कारस्य: of Oṅkāra
• ओङ्कारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of Oṅkāra)

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

• सम्भवम्: origin/manifestation
• सम्भवम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नाम (origin/manifestation)

• माहात्म्यम्: glory (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नाम (greatness, sacred glory)

• पञ्च-लिङ्गानाम्: of the five liṅgas
• पञ्च-लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘पञ्च लिङ्गानि’ (of the five liṅgas)

• ओङ्कारस्य: of Oṅkāra
• ओङ्कारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of Oṅkāra)

• मुनीश्वराः: O lords among sages
• मुनीश्वराः: Sambodhana/Karta (Addressed/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मुनीनां ईश्वराः’ (O lords among sages / sages)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, addressing sages within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pitṛtīrtha; Oṅkāra; Pañca-liṅga-kṣetra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munīśvaras (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank ghat, a householder offers tarpaṇa with black sesame and water while priests chant; nearby rises an Oṅkāra-liṅga shrine; five small liṅga altars form a circumambulatory path, with ‘Oṁ’ motif in the sky or on a banner.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛtīrtha
• Oṅkāra
• Pañcaliṅga (five liṅgas)
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage integrates devotion and duty: honoring ancestors at Pitṛtīrtha and venerating Śiva through the pañcaliṅgas and Oṅkāra brings comprehensive dharmic merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pitṛtīrtha and the sacred locus of Oṅkāra, alongside the pañcaliṅga complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-related practice is implied by “Pitṛtīrtha” (rites for ancestors such as tarpaṇa/śrāddha), though not detailed in this verse.