Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । परदाराभिगमनान्मुच्यते पातकान्नरः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | paradārābhigamanānmucyate pātakānnaraḥ

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് വിധിപൂർവ്വം പരമേശ്വരനെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, പരസ്ത്രീഗമനം പോലെയുള്ള മഹാപാതകം ഉൾപ്പെടെ എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും അവൻ വിമുക്തനാകും।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb) — देशवाचक (locative sense: 'there')

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

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) — अवधारण/विरोधार्थ (emphasis/contrast)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular) — सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal) — 'having bathed'

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद (parasmaipada)

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular) — कर्मधारय समास: परमः ईश्वरः

• परदाराभिगमनात्: from (the sin of) approaching another’s wife
• परदाराभिगमनात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-दार-अभिगमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular) — तत्पुरुष समास: परस्य दाराः (परदार) + अभिगमन (गमनम्)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद (ātmanepada), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (tīrtha-phala statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (specific ford unnamed in the verse)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river ford performs snāna, then offers bilva leaves and water to a Śiva-liṅga under riverside trees; the river glows as a purifying presence while attendants hold pūjā vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere purification (snāna) joined with devotion to Śiva functions as prāyaścitta, restoring one to dharmic purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“That tīrtha” within Revākhaṇḍa’s Revā/Narmadā sacred geography—an identified ford praised for powerful purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha and worship Parameśvara (Śiva) to obtain release from pātakas, including the sin of adultery.