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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

किमु षड्विंशतिं पार्थ प्राप याः क्षणदाकरः । सोऽपि तीर्थमिदं प्राप्य तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम्

Transliteration

kimu ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ pārtha prāpa yāḥ kṣaṇadākaraḥ | so'pi tīrthamidaṃ prāpya tapastaptvā suduścaram

Translation

Que dire, ô Pārtha, des vingt-six souillures qu’encourut le « faiseur de la nuit » ? Même lui, parvenu à ce tīrtha et ayant accompli une austérité très difficile, fut purifié.

Word by Word
किम्what then/how much more
किम्:
Sambandha (Discourse/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (किम्-प्रयोगः); interrogative particle ('what then/how much more')
उindeed
उ:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; particle (emphasis)
षड्विंशतिम्twenty-six
षड्विंशतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootषड्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + विंशति)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (fem., numeral)
पार्थO Pārtha
पार्थ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular (masc.)
प्रापobtained/reached
प्राप:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect 3rd sg
याःwhich/whom
याः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; relative pronoun accusative plural (fem.)
क्षणदाकरःthe night-maker (moon)
क्षणदाकरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षणदाकर (प्रातिपदिक; क्षणदा + कर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (masc.)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (masc.)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय; particle ('also/even')
तीर्थम्the sacred place
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.), agreeing with तीर्थम्
प्राप्यhaving reached/obtained
प्राप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), absolutive; having obtained
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.)
तप्त्वाhaving practiced (austerity)
तप्त्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootतप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), absolutive; having performed austerity
सुदुश्चरम्very difficult to perform
सुदुश्चरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदुश्चर (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुस् + चर)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (neut.), qualifying तपः
Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced, addressing Pārtha/Yudhiṣṭhira context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somānātha/Prabhāsa tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Pārtha here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark, formidable figure symbolizing the ‘night-maker’ arrives at the tīrtha, then performs severe austerities—standing in meditation, fasting—until a radiant purification aura surrounds him near the shrine/riverbank.

Characters & Entities
P
Pārtha
S
Soma (Moon) implied by kṣaṇadākara
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

Even heavy karmic burden can be relieved through reaching a sanctified tīrtha and undertaking sincere austerity.

The ‘this tīrtha’ of Revā Khaṇḍa, in a passage that is tying Soma’s story to Soma-nātha and its surrounding sacred geography.

Tapas (austerity) performed after reaching the tīrtha is highlighted as the means of purification.

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