Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा समभ्यर्च्य जगद्गुरुम् । उमया सहितं भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā samabhyarcya jagadgurum | umayā sahitaṃ bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഉമാസഹിതനായ ജഗദ്ഗുരു ശിവനെ ഭക്തിയോടെ ആരാധിക്കുന്നവൻ, സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനാകും।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तीर्थे: in the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Subject

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); having duly worshipped

• जगद्गुरुम्: the world-teacher (Śiva)
• जगद्गुरुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + गुरु (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म; ‘teacher of the world’

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental/associative

• सहितम्: accompanied (by)
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘जगद्गुरुम्’

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablatival sense) ‘from all sins’

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Passive/ātmanepada sense: is released

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaubera-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim emerges from river, then offers flowers and bilva to a Śiva-liṅga with Umā icon beside/behind; small shrine on ghāṭa; priests assisting; atmosphere of absolution.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Jagadguru)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Kaubera-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of Śiva with Umā at a tīrtha is portrayed as a complete purifier, dissolving accumulated pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kaubera-tīrtha in the Narmadā tīrtha circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha and worship (arcana) of Śiva together with Umā.