Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

मज्जाशुक्रगतं पापं नश्यते जन्मकोटिजम् । लुङ्केश्वरे महाराज तोयं पिबति भक्तितः

Transliteration

majjāśukragataṃ pāpaṃ naśyate janmakoṭijam | luṅkeśvare mahārāja toyaṃ pibati bhaktitaḥ

Translation

മജ്ജയിലും ശുക്രത്തിലും പതിഞ്ഞ, കോടി ജന്മങ്ങളുടെ പാപവും—ഹേ മഹാരാജാവേ—ലുങ്കേശ്വരത്തിൽ ഭക്തിയോടെ തീർത്ഥജലം പാനം ചെയ്‌താൽ നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• मज्जाशुक्रगतम्: that which has entered marrow and semen
• मज्जाशुक्रगतम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मज्जा-शुक्र-गत (प्रातिपदिक; √गम्-क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (मज्जायां च शुक्रे च गतं) — समाहारार्थे

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

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

• जन्मकोटिजम्: born of crores of births
• जन्मकोटिजम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म-कोटि-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (जन्मानां कोटिभ्यः जातम्)

• लुङ्केश्वरे: at Luṅkeśvara
• लुङ्केश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुङ्का-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (लुङ्कायाः ईश्वरः)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् राजा)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पिबति: drinks
• पिबति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भक्तितः: devoutly
• भक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘from/with devotion’)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Luṅkeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee cups hands to drink sacred water near a liṅga shrine; subtle luminous current flows from the tīrtha into the heart, while dark karmic knots dissolve—emphasizing ‘janma-koṭi’ scale purification.

Characters & Entities

• Luṅkeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti joined with tīrtha-sevā (here, drinking sanctified water) is said to eradicate even the most entrenched karmic impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Luṅkeśvara tīrtha (a Śiva-associated sacred site in the Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-toya pāna—drinking the holy water with devotion.