Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा कैलासे मोदते नरः । कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा कोटीश्वरं शिवम्

Transliteration

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā kailāse modate naraḥ | koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā koṭīśvaraṃ śivam

Translation

സകലപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു ശുദ്ധനായ മനുഷ്യൻ കൈലാസത്തിൽ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു. കോടിതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് കോടീശ്വരനായ ശിവനെ ദർശിച്ച് അവൻ പരമാവസ്ഥയെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is purified of all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विशुद्ध + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) — ‘सर्वपापैः विशुद्धः आत्मा यस्य’ इति समासार्थः

• कैलासे: on/at Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कोटितीर्थे: at Koṭitīrtha
• कोटितीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कोटीनां तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — ‘स्नात्वा’ = स्नानं कृत्वा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — ‘दृष्ट्वा’ = दर्शनं कृत्वा

• कोटीश्वरम्: Koṭīśvara (Lord of Koṭi)
• कोटीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कोट्याः ईश्वरः’ इति तत्पुरुष (नाम)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कोटीश्वरस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes ritual bathing at a sacred ford named Koṭitīrtha, then approaches a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Koṭīśvara; the vision culminates in a symbolic ascent to luminous Kailāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Koṭitīrtha
• Koṭīśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification culminates in divine proximity: sacred bathing and Śiva-darśana lead to the joy of Kailāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha and the shrine/form of Śiva known as Koṭīśvara are celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Koṭitīrtha and darśana of Koṭīśvara Śiva.