Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

क्षणत्रयविनिर्मुक्ता मानवा जगतीतले । भविष्यंति न संदेहो लोहयष्ट्या तिलतर्पणे

Transliteration

kṣaṇatrayavinirmuktā mānavā jagatītale | bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdeho lohayaṣṭyā tilatarpaṇe

Translation

ഭൂമിയിലെ മനുഷ്യർ മൂന്നു ക്ഷണത്തിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ (പാപഭാരത്തിൽ നിന്ന്) വിമുക്തരാകും—സംശയമില്ല—ലോഹയഷ്ടിയിൽ എള്ളുതർപ്പണം ചെയ്താൽ।

Word by Word

• क्षणत्रयविनिर्मुक्ताः: freed within three moments
• क्षणत्रयविनिर्मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षण-त्रय-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्षणत्रयात् विनिर्मुक्ताः)

• मानवाः: people/humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जगतीतले: on the surface of the earth/world
• जगतीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः तलम्)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोहयष्ट्या: with an iron rod/staff
• लोहयष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह-यष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (लोहेन यष्टिः)

• तिलतर्पणे: in sesame libation/oblation (tarpaṇa)
• तिलतर्पणे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल-तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तिलैः तर्पणम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic praise of the rite and tīrtha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohayaṣṭī

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the addressed deva and the audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a marked tīrtha called Lohayaṣṭī performs sesame tarpaṇa, pouring water mixed with sesame through the fingers; a symbolic iron staff/marker stands nearby; a luminous wave of purification surrounds the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Lohayaṣṭī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha magnifies simple rites, granting swift purification when performed as prescribed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lohayaṣṭī is explicitly praised for the extraordinary fruit of tilatarpaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tilatarpaṇa (sesame-water offerings) at Lohayaṣṭī for rapid release from impurity/sin.