Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं कोहनस्वेति विश्रुतम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वतीर्थेष्वनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ kohanasveti viśrutam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam

Translation

അന്നുമുതൽ ആ തീർത്ഥം ‘കോഹനസ്വേ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി. അത് പരമ പുണ്യകരം, സർവ്വപാപഹരം, എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും അനുത്തമം।

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from, since
• प्रभृति: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक-अव्ययम् (from/since; indicating starting point)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'tīrtham')

• तीर्थम्: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विधेय-रूपेण (as subject/predicate in nominal sentence)

• कोहनस्व: Kohanasva (name of the tīrtha)
• कोहनस्व: Samjna (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोहनस्व (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नामरूपेण (as a proper name)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-सूचक (quotative particle)

• विश्रुतम्: renowned, well-known
• विश्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रु (धातु) + विश्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate: 'is renowned')

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वाणि पापानि हरति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'tīrtham')

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'tīrtham')

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: among all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, best
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्/विधेयम् (superlative sense: 'unsurpassed')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kohanasve

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene river-ford with pilgrims arriving; a carved or inscribed marker announces the name ‘Kohanasve’; the atmosphere suggests cleansing and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Kohanasve Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A place becomes supremely sacred when divine protection and dharma are manifested there; pilgrimage is framed as a path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kohanasve Tīrtha, declared famous from that event onward and praised as the best among tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not stated explicitly here, the standard implication is tīrtha-sevā such as snāna (ritual bathing) and devotional worship for sin-removal.