Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
एकविंशकुलोपेतो यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम् । शुक्लतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ह्युमां रुद्रं च योऽर्चयेत्
Transliteration
ekaviṃśakulopeto yāvadābhūtasamplavam | śuklatīrthe naraḥ snātvā hyumāṃ rudraṃ ca yo'rcayet
Translation
シュクラティールタで沐浴し、ウマーとルドラを礼拝する者は、二十一代を高める功徳を得て、それは宇宙の大壊に至るまで存続する。
Word by Word
एकविंशकुलोपेतःendowed with twenty-one generations (of lineage)
एकविंशकुलोपेतः:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएकविंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (उप + इ (धातु), क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण—(नरः); अर्थः ‘एकविंशत्-कुलैः उपेतः’ (endowed with twenty-one lineages)
यावत्as long as, until
यावत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (correlative adverb), परिमाण/अवधि (extent/limit)
आभूतसम्प्लवम्until the cosmic dissolution
आभूतसम्प्लवम्:
Karma (Extent/अवधिकर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘आ’ उपसर्गसदृशः—‘आभूत’ = ‘भूतपर्यन्त’; ‘भूतसम्प्लव’ = प्रलय (cosmic dissolution)
शुक्लतीर्थेat Śukla-tīrtha
शुक्लतीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव, पूर्वक्रिया
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), हेतौ/अवधारणे (for emphasis/indeed)
उमाम्Umā
उमाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
रुद्रम्Rudra
रुद्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
अर्चयेत्should worship
अर्चयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At Śuklatīrtha’s bright riverbank, a pilgrim bathes and then worships a paired iconography of Umā and Rudra; ancestral figures appear subtly in the background as beneficiaries, suggesting 21-generation uplift.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚuklatīrthaU
UmāR
RudraFAQs
Tīrtha worship is portrayed as not only personal but ancestral—devotion can elevate one’s lineage.
Śuklatīrtha.
Bathing at Śuklatīrtha followed by worship (arcana) of Umā and Rudra.