Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततो गारुत्मतं तीर्थं संसारगरनाशनम् । कृतोदकक्रियस्तत्र वैकुंठे वसतिं लभेत्

Transliteration

tato gārutmataṃ tīrthaṃ saṃsāragaranāśanam | kṛtodakakriyastatra vaikuṃṭhe vasatiṃ labhet

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ഗാരുത്മത തീർത്ഥം; അത് സംസാരവിഷം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ ഉദകക്രിയകൾ ചെയ്തവൻ വൈകുണ്ഠത്തിൽ വാസം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय

• गारुत्मतम्: of Garuḍa; Garuḍa-related
• गारुत्मतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गारुत्मत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संसारगरनाशनम्: destroyer of the poison of worldly existence
• संसारगरनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + गर + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य गरः; तस्य नाशनम्); विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• कृतोदकक्रियः: one who has performed the water-rites
• कृतोदकक्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + उदकक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्तः—कृत (कृ धातोः क्त-प्रत्यय) ‘done’; समासः तत्पुरुष (उदकक्रिया कृतः यस्य)

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

• वैकुंठे: in Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुंठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• वसतिम्: dwelling; residence
• वसतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gārutmata-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ghat-side tīrtha with a Garuḍa emblem or pillar; a devotee performs udaka-kriyā with a copper vessel; above, Garuḍa spreads wings as a protective presence, and a distant vision of Vaikuṇṭha appears.

Characters & Entities

• Gārutmata-tīrtha
• Garuḍa
• Vaikuṇṭha
• Kāśī (Varanasi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and devotion at a sanctified place are portrayed as antidotes to saṃsāra’s ‘poison,’ leading to divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gārutmata-tīrtha, associated with Garuḍa, within the Kāśī tīrtha circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Udaka-kriyā—water-based rites such as offerings/ablutions performed at the tīrtha.