Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

शिवतीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । पूजयेत महादेवं सोऽग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

śivatīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ | pūjayeta mahādevaṃ so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ശിവതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ക്രോധം ജയിച്ച് ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിച്ച് മഹാദേവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ അഗ്നിഷ്ടോമ യാഗഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• शिवतीर्थे: in the Śiva sacred ford
• शिवतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘शिवस्य तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative singular (in the Śiva-tīrtha)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/समुच्चय-भेदक (particle; ‘but/indeed’)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘स्नात्वा’ = having bathed

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जितः क्रोधः येन’ इति (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः) — one whose anger is conquered; agrees with यः

• जितेन्द्रियः: having subdued the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जितानि इन्द्रियाणि येन’ — self-controlled; agrees with यः

• पूजयेत: should worship
• पूजयेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘should worship’

• महादेवं: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘महान् देवः’ इति कर्मधारयः; object of पूजयेत

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun; refers to यः

• अग्निष्टोमफलं: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice
• अग्निष्टोमफलं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम-फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘अग्निष्टोमस्य फलम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; object of लभेत्

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; ‘would obtain/should obtain’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A restrained pilgrim, calm-faced, having bathed at a riverbank Śiva-tīrtha, offers bilva leaves and water to a liṅga-shrine; subtle aura suggests Agniṣṭoma-like sanctity without a fire-altar.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahādeva
• Śiva-tīrtha
• Agniṣṭoma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is amplified by inner discipline; conquering anger and the senses makes worship at a tīrtha equivalent to great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiva-tīrtha in the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at Śiva-tīrtha and pūjā (worship) of Mahādeva, performed with self-control.