Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यश्चैत्पठते नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय चोत्तमम् अग्नितीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

yaścaitpaṭhate nityaṃ prātarutthāya cottamam agnitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਨਿੱਤ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਉਠ ਕੇ ਅਗ્નਿਤੀਰਥ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਉੱਤਮ ਮਾਹਾਤਮ੍ਯ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸਭ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एत्: this
• एत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘इदम्’ अर्थे; पाठ्य-वस्तु (object)

• पठते: recites/reads
• पठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नित्यम्: daily
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्वे कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (in the morning)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (एतत्/माहात्म्यम् इत्यर्थे)

• अग्नितीर्थस्य: of Agni-tīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (पठते)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; अपादान/हेतु-भाव (from/by)

Speaker

Pulastya (phalaśruti style conclusion; speaker not restated but consistent with the chapter’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee rises at dawn, seated facing east with a palm-leaf manuscript, reciting the Agnitīrtha-māhātmya; in the distance a sacred water-spot glows with a subtle fire-aura, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular remembrance and recitation of a tīrtha’s Māhātmya is itself a purifying discipline that supports dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily morning recitation (paṭhana) of the Agnitīrtha Māhātmya.