Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

ततोपि मुचुकुंदाख्यं तीर्थं चातीव पुण्यदम् । यत्र स्नातो नरो जातु रिपुभिर्नाभिभूयते

Transliteration

tatopi mucukuṃdākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ cātīva puṇyadam | yatra snāto naro jātu ripubhirnābhibhūyate

Translation

Au-delà encore se trouve le tīrtha nommé Mucukunda, qui dispense des mérites en abondance. L’homme qui s’y baigne n’est jamais vaincu par ses ennemis.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter/from that
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-अर्थे: "from that/thereafter"

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• mucukuṃda-ākhyam: called Mucukunda
• mucukuṃda-ākhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mucukuṃda (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "मुचुकुन्दस्य आख्या यस्य")

• tīrtham: sacred place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

• atīva: exceedingly
• atīva: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: exceedingly)

• puṇya-dam: bestowing merit
• puṇya-dam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त; √dā (दा) क/णिनि-प्रत्यय: द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/उपपद: "पुण्यं ददाति")

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (where)

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना) क्त (स्नात)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि: "having bathed"

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever/at any time)

• ripubhiḥ: by enemies
• ripubhiḥ: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन (Instr pl)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• abhibhūyate: is overcome/defeated
• abhibhūyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + √bhū (भू) यक्/य (passive)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): "is overcome"

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mucukunda-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at a Kashi tīrtha under protective divine presence; a warrior-pilgrim emerges from the water with calm eyes while shadowy ‘enemies’ recede; subtle icon of Kṛṣṇa/Mucukunda lore hinted via a sleeping king motif in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Mucukunda Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity through tīrtha-snāṇa is linked with both inner merit (puṇya) and outer protection in dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mucukunda Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) at the tīrtha.