Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स मुक्तपातकैः सर्वेर्विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात् । तीर्थानामुत्तमं तीर्थं यत्र संनिहितो हरिः

Transliteration

sa muktapātakaiḥ sarverviṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt | tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ yatra saṃnihito hariḥ

Translation

તે સર્વ પાપોથી મુક્ત થઈ વિષ્ણુલોકને પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે. તીર્થોમાં તે જ પરમ ઉત્તમ તીર્થ છે, જ્યાં સ્વયં હરિ સન્નિહિત છે.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मुक्तपातकैः: by/with (those) freed from sins
• मुक्तपातकैः: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त/ppp) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तैः पातकैः = freed from sins)

• सर्वैः: by all (of them)
• सर्वैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• विष्णुलोकम्: Vishnu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकः)

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तीर्थानाम्: of (all) tīrthas
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• उत्तमम्: best
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha (holy place)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• संनिहितः: present, stationed
• संनिहितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-नि-√धा (धातु) → संनिहित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Viṣṇu presence (Hari-sannidhi) sanctifying a tīrtha; pilgrims approach after bathing, hands folded, aura of purification and ascent to Viṣṇuloka implied.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu-loka
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supreme when God is believed to be truly present there, making it a direct means for purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed Dharmāraṇya tīrtha of this chapter, characterized as ‘the best’ because Hari is said to dwell there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific rite in this verse; it emphasizes the result of tīrtha-sevā—freedom from sins and attainment of Viṣṇu-loka.