Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा मुक्तो भवति चर्णतः । तत्रैवांगारकं तीर्थं कुंडं चांगारनिर्मलम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā mukto bhavati carṇataḥ | tatraivāṃgārakaṃ tīrthaṃ kuṃḍaṃ cāṃgāranirmalam

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സഞ്ചിതകർമ്മബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും. അവിടെയേ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ അങ്കാരക-തീർത്ഥവും ‘അങ്കാര-നിർമല’ എന്ന പരമപാവന കുണ്ഡവും ഉണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), धातु: स्ना (स्नान)

• मुक्तः: liberated
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अर्णतः: from (all) impurity/sin
• अर्णतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्णतस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-निष्पन्न तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); अर्थ: ‘अर्णात्/अर्णतः’ = from sin/impurity (contextual)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अङ्गारकम्: (named) Aṅgāraka
• अङ्गारकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place (tīrtha)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुण्डम्: a pond/pit (kuṇḍa)
• कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अङ्गारनिर्मलम्: pure/cleansed by Aṅgāra
• अङ्गारनिर्मलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गार + निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अङ्गारस्य निर्मलम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgāraka Tīrtha; Aṅgāra-nirmala Kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps to a small sacred ford/pond; the water glints like purified ‘embers’; nearby are modest shrines and a calm, smoke-tinged dawn atmosphere suggesting karmic burning and cleansing.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Aṅgāraka Tīrtha
• Aṅgāra-nirmala Kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas are portrayed as direct instruments of purification and liberation when approached through sacred bathing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgāraka Tīrtha and the associated Aṅgāra-nirmala Kuṇḍa in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha/kuṇḍa as the means to purification and release from karmic burden.