Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र चाङ्गिरसे तीर्थे यः स्नात्वा पूजयेच्छिवम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

tatra cāṅgirase tīrthe yaḥ snātvā pūjayecchivam | sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

അവിടെ അങ്കിരസ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ശിവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനായി രുദ്രലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अङ्गिरसे: at (the place) of Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिरसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (कृदन्त, त्वान्त/absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• गच्छति: goes, attains
• गच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgiras-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim at Aṅgiras-tīrtha bathes in sacred waters, then worships a Śiva-liṅga; the scene culminates in a visionary ascent toward Rudra-loka—radiant, ash-white, and serene.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras Tīrtha
• Śiva
• Rudra
• Rudra-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography and devotion unite: tīrtha-snāna followed by Śiva-pūjā is proclaimed as sin-destroying and liberative.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgiras Tīrtha (in the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Aṅgiras Tīrtha and pūjā (worship) of Śiva.