Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तदग्रे च हयग्रीवं तीर्थं परमपावनम् । तत्र स्नात्वा हयग्रीवं केशवं परिपूज्य च

Transliteration

tadagre ca hayagrīvaṃ tīrthaṃ paramapāvanam | tatra snātvā hayagrīvaṃ keśavaṃ paripūjya ca

Translation

Au-delà se trouve le tīrtha de Hayagrīva, souverainement purificateur. Après s’y être baigné, qu’on vénère aussi Keśava sous la forme de Hayagrīva, avec entière dévotion.

Word by Word

• तदग्रे: in front of that
• तदग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; ‘in front of that’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• हयग्रीवम्: Hayagrīva
• हयग्रीवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय + ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; accusative singular; name of deity/tīrtha

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• परमपावनम्: supremely purifying
• परमपावनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective to ‘तीर्थम्’

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having bathed’

• हयग्रीवम्: Hayagrīva
• हयग्रीवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय + ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; object of ‘परिपूज्य’

• केशवम्: Keśava
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; object of ‘परिपूज्य’

• परिपूज्य: having worshipped
• परिपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hayagrīva Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant tīrtha with a small shrine where Hayagrīva (horse-headed Viṣṇu) stands or sits holding śaṅkha-cakra; a pilgrim emerges from the water and immediately offers flowers and lamp; palm-leaf manuscripts or a Veda bundle motif nearby to suggest jñāna.

Characters & Entities

• Hayagrīva
• Keśava
• Hayagrīva Tīrtha
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing is completed by devotion: purification through snāna culminates in worship of the presiding deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hayagrīva Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) followed by pūjā (worship) of Keśava as Hayagrīva.