Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्देवमीश्वरम् । मुच्यते सर्वपापैश्च रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
Transliteration
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamīśvaram | mucyate sarvapāpaiśca rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
Translation
ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഈശ്വരദേവനെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, അവൻ എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനായി രുദ്രലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण
तीर्थेat the tīrtha
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोध-प्रदर्शक
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund)
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
ईश्वरम्the Lord
ईश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; देवम् इति विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
सर्वपापैःfrom all sins
सर्वपापैः:
Apakarshana (Separation/अपकर्षण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि पापानि (कर्मधारय)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
रुद्रलोकम्Rudra’s world
रुद्रलोकम्:
Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—रुद्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya (context continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Gopeśvara
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devotees emerge from the river, approach the Gopeśvara liṅga, and offer water, bilva leaves, incense, and lamps; a priest chants Rudra-mantras.
Characters & Entities
R
RudraŚ
ŚivaG
GopeśvaraFAQs
Purification is perfected when tīrtha-bathing is joined with devotion and worship of Īśvara, leading to Rudra’s realm.
Gopeśvara tīrtha in the Revā-khaṇḍa.
Snāna at the tīrtha followed by pūjā (worship) of Īśvara.