Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

जरत्कारुकृतं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । स्नात्वा तत्र द्विजश्रेष्ठा न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

jaratkārukṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | snātvā tatra dvijaśreṣṭhā na durgatimavāpnuyāt

Translation

ജരത്കാരു സ്ഥാപിച്ച ഈ തീർത്ഥം സർവ്വപാപനാശിനിയാണ്. ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ ദുർഗതി ലഭിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• जरत्कारुकृतम्: made by Jaratkāru
• जरत्कारुकृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरत्कारु + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जरत्कारुणा कृतम्)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम्)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना; अर्थः: having bathed

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रेष्ठाः द्विजाः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• दुर्गतिम्: misfortune/bad state
• दुर्गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaratkāru-kṛta Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A secluded coastal/riverine ford marked by a simple stone tīrtha-sign; a brāhmaṇa pilgrim performs snāna while recalling ṛṣi Jaratkāru; the atmosphere suggests hidden sanctity and moral cleansing.

Characters & Entities

• Jaratkāru
• Jaratkāru-kṛta Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin is not treated as permanent; dharmic acts like tīrtha-snāna are upheld as effective means of moral-spiritual restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha founded by the sage Jaratkāru in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha.