Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्रभाते विमले स्नात्वा तत्र तीर्थे जगद्गुरुम् । ये पश्यन्ति जितक्रोधास्ते मुक्ताः सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

prabhāte vimale snātvā tatra tīrthe jagadgurum | ye paśyanti jitakrodhāste muktāḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

നിർമ്മലമായ പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ക്രോധം ജയിച്ചവർ അവിടെ ജഗദ്ഗുരുവിനെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ, അവർ എല്ലാ പാപപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തരാകും.

Word by Word

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• विमले: pure/clear
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रभाते)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

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

• जगत्-गुरुम्: the teacher of the world
• जगत्-गुरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः गुरु:)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• जित-क्रोधाः: those who have conquered anger
• जित-क्रोधाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; जि-धातोः क्त) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (येषां क्रोधः जितः ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुक्ताः: freed/liberated
• मुक्ताः: Kriya (Predicative state/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• सर्व-पातकैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimala Revā-tīrtha (as described)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata/Arjuna (contextual address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: First light at the river: pilgrims step into clear water; one ascetic-faced devotee, serene and angerless, emerges and offers añjali toward a shrine where the 'Jagadguru' is enshrined.

Characters & Entities

• Jagadguru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with inner discipline—especially conquest of anger—and reverent darśana of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape), praised for dawn-bathing and divine darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥ-snān (bathing at dawn) at the tīrtha, followed by darśana of the deity (Jagadguru).