Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

यत्र तत्र स्थितो वृक्षान् पश्यते तीर्थतत्परः । विविधैः पातकैर्मुक्तो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yatra tatra sthito vṛkṣān paśyate tīrthatatparaḥ | vividhaiḥ pātakairmukto mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

どこに立っていようとも、ティールタに心を捧げる巡礼者は、ただそこにある樹々を拝するだけで、さまざまな罪から解き放たれる――疑いはない。

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (relative adverb: where)

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

• स्थितः: standing/situated
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘standing/being situated’

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• पश्यते: sees
• पश्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्

• तीर्थतत्परः: devoted to the tīrtha
• तीर्थतत्परः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थे तत्परः)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with पातकैः), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषणम् पातकैः-विशेषणम्

• पातकैः: by sins
• पातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘freed’

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि (passive)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: here)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Śiva-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implicit from surrounding address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands anywhere in the kṣetra, gazing at a grove of sacred trees by the river; subtle light emanates from leaves, symbolizing sin-freedom through mere beholding.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Vṛkṣa (sacred trees)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only ritual action; even reverent darśana within a holy place is presented as transformative and purificatory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context is Māṇḍavya-tīrtha within Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-darśana—devoutly visiting and beholding the sacred environs (including its trees).