Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

धूतपापा ययौ लोकमुमायाः कृतस्वागता । अंशेन च तटे तस्मिन्संभूता वटयक्षिणी

Transliteration

dhūtapāpā yayau lokamumāyāḥ kṛtasvāgatā | aṃśena ca taṭe tasminsaṃbhūtā vaṭayakṣiṇī

Translation

പാപങ്ങൾ കഴുകിമാറ്റപ്പെട്ടവളായി അവൾ ഉമാലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; അവിടെ അവൾക്ക് ആദരപൂർവം സ്വാഗതം ലഭിച്ചു; അതേ തീരത്ത് ദേവിയുടെ അംശമായി വടയക്ഷിണി പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• धूतपापा: she whose sins were washed away
• धूतपापा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूत (धू धातु + क्त) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'धूत'

• ययौ: she went
• ययौ: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोकम्: to the world/realm
• लोकम्: Gati-karma (गतिकर्म/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उमायाः: of Umā
• उमायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• कृतस्वागता: welcomed/honoured (lit. 'for whom welcome was done')
• कृतस्वागता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु + क्त) + स्वागतम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वागतम् कृतम् यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त

• अंशेन: by a portion/part
• अंशेन: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• तटे: on the bank/shore
• तटे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संभूता: arose/came into being
• संभूता: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्- + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वटयक्षिणी: the banyan-tree yakṣiṇī (tree-spirit)
• वटयक्षिणी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट + यक्षिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वटस्य यक्षिणी)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭayakṣiṇī-taṭa (bank sanctified by Vaṭayakṣiṇī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a life of observances, the purified devotee is welcomed into Umā’s realm; simultaneously, on the earthly bank, a radiant Vaṭayakṣiṇī appears beneath/near a banyan (vaṭa), marking the spot as sacred.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Vaṭayakṣiṇī
• Taṭa (sacred bank)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere observance and worship purify wrongdoing and culminate in divine acceptance and higher spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred bank where Vaṭayakṣiṇī manifests is presented as a power-place of Devī’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the fruit of sustained niyamas and worship—purification and attainment—rather than adding a new rite.