Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं कल्होडीतीर्थमुत्तमम् । यत्कृत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kalhoḍītīrthamuttamam | yatkṛtvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഉത്തമമായ കല്ഹോഡീ തീർത്ഥത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് ഇതെല്ലാം നിനക്കു വിശദീകരിച്ചു; അതിന്റെ ദർശനവും അനുഷ്ഠാനവും ചെയ്താൽ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചനം—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) / द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (object-like)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन वा चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ākhyātam: has been explained/told
• ākhyātam: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√khyā (धातु) + ta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (it has been told)

• kalhoḍī-tīrtham: the Kalhoḍī pilgrimage-place
• kalhoḍī-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalhoḍī (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थनाम) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (kalhoḍyāḥ tīrtham = the Kalhoḍī sacred ford)

• uttamam: excellent/supreme
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• kṛtvā: having done/after performing
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• sarva-pāpebhyaḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpebhyaḥ: Apādāna (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (all sins)

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

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalhoḍī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator concludes the tīrtha’s praise before attentive listeners; the river-ford and a simple shrine are visible, with a sense of closure and certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Kalhoḍī Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā-filled pilgrimage and proper observance at a praised tīrtha are affirmed as powerful means of pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalhoḍī Tīrtha, presented as an “uttama” (supreme) tīrtha in the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking the tīrtha act—visiting and ‘doing’ (kṛtvā) the prescribed tīrtha observances, implicitly including snāna and related rites.