Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अन्यस्तत्रैव यो गत्वा द्रुपदामन्तर्जले जपेत् । स पातकैरशेषश्च मुच्यते पाण्डुनन्दन

Transliteration

anyastatraiva yo gatvā drupadāmantarjale japet | sa pātakairaśeṣaśca mucyate pāṇḍunandana

Translation

Wahai putera Pāṇḍu, sesiapa pun yang pergi ke sana dan ber-japa di dalam air batin Drupadā, dia dibebaskan sepenuhnya daripada segala dosa.

Word by Word

• अन्यः: another person
• अन्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सामान्यकर्तृ (any other person)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (indeed/just)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)

• द्रुपदाम्: Drupadā (a river/stream)
• द्रुपदाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नदी/धारा-नाम (as object of entering/being within)

• अन्तर्जले: in the water (within it)
• अन्तर्जले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्-जल (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (within water)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should recite)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पातकैः: by sins
• पातकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे साधन/हेतु (by/with sins)

• अशेषः: entirely
• अशेषः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सः इति विशेषणम् (entirely/without remainder)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (and)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; पाण्डु + नन्दन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Drupadā (inner waters) within Mārkaṇḍeśa tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍu-nandana (a Pāṇḍava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim immersed waist-deep in a calm inner pool (Drupadā), hands in japa-mudrā, eyes half-closed; nearby a small Śiva shrine and riverbank trees; the water surface glows subtly, symbolizing pāpa-kṣaya.

Characters & Entities

• Drupadā (tīrtha/water-site)
• Pāṇḍu-nandana (listener epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere japa performed at a sanctified water-site is presented as a powerful means of pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Drupadā—described as a sacred inner-water location associated with the tīrtha being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform japa while in/within the sacred waters (antar-jale), implying a combined snāna + mantra practice.