Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्देवमीश्वरम् । अयोनिजो महादेव यथा त्वं परमेश्वर

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamīśvaram | ayonijo mahādeva yathā tvaṃ parameśvara

Translation

ໃນຕີຣະຖະນັ້ນ ເມື່ອບຸກຄົນອາບນ້ຳແລ້ວ ພຶງບູຊາພຣະອີສະວະຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ ແລະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ມະຫາເທວະ, ໂອ ປະຣະເມສະວະຣະ, ດັ່ງທີ່ພຣະອົງເປັນ ອະໂຍນິຊະ (ບໍ່ເກີດຈາກຄັນ) …”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular), देवम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणभावे (appositional)

• अयोनिजः: O unborn (not womb-born)
• अयोनिजः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-योनिज (प्रातिपदिक; अ + योनिज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular), सम्बोधनार्थे स्तुतिविशेषण (epithet)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable: as/just as)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (instructing the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a riverbank tīrtha completes a ritual bath, then approaches a simple Śiva-liṅga shrine, hands folded, uttering a stuti to Mahādeva as Ayonija.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādeva
• Parameśvara
• Ayonija Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation-themed tīrtha practice is grounded in Śaiva theology: the worshipper contemplates Śiva as the unborn, transcendent source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Ayonija Tīrtha introduced in Adhyāya 126.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha followed by pūjā of Īśvara (Śiva) with a stated devotional formula.