Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं पार्थ हंसतीर्थस्य यत्फलम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ pārtha haṃsatīrthasya yatphalam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam

Translation

Wahai Pārtha, demikian telah kukhabarkan kepadamu buah Haṃsatīrtha: ia suci, menghapus segala dosa, dan memusnahkan setiap dukacita.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (सम्बन्धे) — Genitive, Singular “of/for you” (enclitic)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past participle used predicatively “told/said”

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हंसतीर्थस्य: of Haṃsa-tīrtha
• हंसतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंसतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हंसस्य तीर्थम्); पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक (तीर्थ-नपुंसक), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular (relative pronoun)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वाणि पापानि हरति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्: destroying all sorrows
• सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् with vi-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां दुःखानां विनाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuity into the next adhyāya where Mārkaṇḍeya speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haṃsatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage narrating to Pārtha while pointing toward Haṃsatīrtha; pilgrims bathing, offering water and flowers; a visual motif of dark ‘pāpa’ smoke dissolving into clear light over the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Haṃsatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places (tīrthas) are praised as dharmic supports that cleanse sin and relieve human suffering when approached with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Haṃsatīrtha, praised for its power to remove sins and destroy sorrow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it summarizes the tīrtha’s merit (phala).