Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्पितृदेवताः । देवीं पश्यति यो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ | devīṃ paśyati yo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ໃນຕີຣະຖະນັ້ນ ມະນຸດພຶງອາບນ້ຳແລ້ວບູຊາພິຕຣະເທວະຕາ (ເທວະບັນພະບຸລຸດ). ຜູ້ໃດເຫັນເທວີທີ່ນັ້ນດ້ວຍພັກຕິ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະພົ້ນຈາກບາບ ແລະຄວາມຕົກຕ່ຳທັງປວງ.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• naraḥ: a man, person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• pitṛdevatāḥ: the deities of the ancestors (pitṛ-deities)
• pitṛdevatāḥ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुषः (pitṝṇāṃ devatāḥ)

• devīm: the Goddess
• devīm: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• sarvapātakaiḥ: from all sins
• sarvapātakaiḥ: Apādāna (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुषः (sarvāṇi pātakāni)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvarī tīrtha (within Revā/Narmadā region)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at the tīrtha, offers water to Pitṛs, then approaches the shrine of Siddheśvarī Devī with folded hands; a sense of cleansing and release pervades the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devī (Siddheśvarī/Vaiṣṇavī)
• Tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma integrates ancestral reverence and devotion to the Devī, culminating in purification from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha connected with Siddheśvarī/Vaiṣṇavī Devī in Revā Khaṇḍa (the verse does not provide the precise toponym).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, Pitṛ-pūjā, and Devī-darśana performed with bhakti.