Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ततोस्ति मंगलं तीर्थं सर्वामंगलनाशनम् । तत्रावगाहनं कृत्वा भवेन्मंगलभाजनम्

Transliteration

tatosti maṃgalaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvāmaṃgalanāśanam | tatrāvagāhanaṃ kṛtvā bhavenmaṃgalabhājanam

Translation

तत्पश्चात ‘मङ्गल’ नाम तीर्थ है, जो समस्त अमंगल का नाश करता है। वहाँ अवगाहन करके स्नान करने से मनुष्य मंगल का पात्र बनता है।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter/from there
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तस्मात्/ततः = thereafter, from there

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• maṅgalam: auspicious
• maṅgalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• tīrtham: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• sarvāmaṅgalanāśanam: destroyer of all inauspiciousness
• sarvāmaṅgalanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + amaṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः: सर्वेषाम् अमङ्गलानां नाशनम् = destroyer of all inauspiciousness; विशेषण

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): there/in that place

• avagāhanam: immersion/bathing (plunging in)
• avagāhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava√gāh (धातु) + ana (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-भाववाचक (action noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having done

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• maṅgalabhājanam: a recipient of auspiciousness
• maṅgalabhājanam: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: मङ्गलस्य भाजनम् = receptacle/recipient of auspiciousness

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgala-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps into a calm Kāśī waterbody marked as Maṅgala-tīrtha; priests hold waterpots; sunrise light suggests ‘maṅgala’; the pilgrim emerges serene, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgala Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is cultivated by approaching sacred places with faith and performing purifying acts like tīrtha-snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṅgala Tīrtha in Kāśī, praised as the remover of all inauspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāhana (immersion-bath) in the Maṅgala tīrtha.