Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अमंगलानि नश्येयुर्भवेयुर्मंगलानि च । स्नातुर्वै मंगले तीर्थे नमस्कर्तुश्च मंगलम्

Transliteration

amaṃgalāni naśyeyurbhaveyurmaṃgalāni ca | snāturvai maṃgale tīrthe namaskartuśca maṃgalam

Translation

अमंगळ नष्ट होतात आणि मंगळ फलित होते. मंगळ-तीर्थात स्नान करणारा व तेथे नमस्कार करणारा—दोघांनाही मंगळ निश्चित प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

• amaṅgalāni: inauspicious things
• amaṅgalāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amaṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• naśyeyuḥ: would perish
• naśyeyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• bhaveyuḥ: would arise/become
• bhaveyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• maṅgalāni: auspicious things
• maṅgalāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

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

• snātuḥ: of the bather
• snātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तुमुन्-आधारित कर्तृवाचक/agent noun usage), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular); ‘one who bathes’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis): indeed

• maṅgale: in the auspicious
• maṅgale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of tīrthe

• tīrthe: in the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• namaskartuḥ: of the one who offers salutation
• namaskartuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तृच्/कर्तृवाचक agent noun), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular); ‘one who salutes’

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

• maṅgalam: auspiciousness/benefit
• maṅgalam: Karta (Predicate/प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgala-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotees at Maṅgala-tīrtha: one bathing, one elderly/weak offering namaskāra from the steps; both receive the same ‘maṅgala’ blessing signified by light and calm faces.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgala Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not only through bathing but also through humble reverence; both remove inauspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṅgala Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and namaskāra (obeisance) at the tīrtha.