Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

लीनं च पातकं यस्मात्स्नानमात्रेण नश्यति । त्वगस्थि शोणितं मांसं मेदःस्नायुस्तथैव च

Transliteration

līnaṃ ca pātakaṃ yasmātsnānamātreṇa naśyati | tvagasthi śoṇitaṃ māṃsaṃ medaḥsnāyustathaiva ca

Translation

അവിടെ സ്നാനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ആഴത്തിൽ ലീനമായ പാപം നശിക്കുന്നു—ത്വക്ക്, അസ്ഥി, രക്തം, മാംസം, മേദസ്, സ്നായു എന്നിവയിൽ പതിഞ്ഞതും.

Word by Word

• लीनम्: absorbed/embedded
• लीनम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ली (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पातकम्’ विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because/from which)

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (स्नानस्य मात्रया)

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वक्: skin
• त्वक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मेदः: fat
• मेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्नायुः: sinew/ligament
• स्नायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (in that manner/likewise)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis/only)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a sacred ford/ghāṭ; the text’s anatomical list is visualized as dark impurities dissolving into luminous water, leaving the bather radiant and calm.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing at a consecrated tīrtha is portrayed as a powerful purifier, removing even deep-seated karmic taints.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.