Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पूर्वं तु गर्जनं नाम सर्वपापक्षयंकरम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र यस्तु स्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ tu garjanaṃ nāma sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram | tasmiṃstīrthe tu rājendra yastu snānaṃ samācaret

Translation

Autrefois, on l’appelait « Garjana », qui anéantit tous les péchés. Ô roi des rois, quiconque accomplit le bain sacré en ce tīrtha—

Word by Word

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: formerly/previously)

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

• गर्जनम्: Garjana (name)
• गर्जनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Saṃjñā-nirdeśa (name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: संज्ञासूचक अव्यय (name-indicator: "by name")

• सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्: causing the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + क्षय + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); बहु-तत्पुरुष (one that causes destruction of all sins)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• तीर्थे: in the pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

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

• राजेन्द्र: O lord of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय (king-lord)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced); addressed listener within narrative: a king (rājendra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garjana (earlier name of Meghanāda Tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim approaches a river-ford named Garjana/Meghanāda; sages or local guardians indicate the spot; the water is depicted as purifying, with subtle cloud/thunder symbolism in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Garjana Tīrtha
• Meghanāda Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a tīrtha is presented as a dharmic means for purification and the removal of accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garjana Tīrtha—later renowned as Meghanāda Tīrtha—within the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is prescribed as a purificatory act.