Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

कपितीर्थं ततो जातं तस्थौ तत्र स्वयं हरः । हनूमन्तेश्वरो नाम्ना सर्वहत्याहरस्तदा

Transliteration

kapitīrthaṃ tato jātaṃ tasthau tatra svayaṃ haraḥ | hanūmanteśvaro nāmnā sarvahatyāharastadā

Translation

De cet événement naquit le gué sacré nommé Kapitīrtha. Là demeura Śiva lui-même, renommé sous le nom de Hanūmanteśvara, et il devint alors celui qui ôte même les fautes les plus terribles.

Word by Word

• कपितीर्थम्: Kapītīrtha (the monkey’s sacred place)
• कपितीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कपेः तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here Nominative

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• जातम्: was born/arose
• जातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP used predicatively

• तस्थौ: stood, remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

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

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphasis/reflexive adverb

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative

• हनूमन्तेश्वरः: Hanūmanteśvara (Lord of Hanumān)
• हनूमन्तेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हनूमतः ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental (means: 'by the name')

• सर्वहत्याहरः: remover of all killings/sins
• सर्वहत्याहरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वहत्यायाः हरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Revā-khaṇḍa narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The tīrtha is born and named Kapitīrtha; Śiva remains there as Hanūmanteśvara—liṅga shrine on a riverbank, with the sense of a powerful purifier of grave sins.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Śiva (Hara)
• Hanūmanteśvara
• Hanumān (implied by the name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence sanctifies geography: a tīrtha becomes a living means of purification, capable of destroying even the heaviest sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha on the banks of the Revā (Narmadā), where Śiva is worshipped as Hanūmanteśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the site and deity-name as a source of sin-removal.