Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । हुतहोमो जितक्रोधः सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | hutahomo jitakrodhaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

तत्र तीर्थे यः स्नात्वा परमेश्वरं पूजयेत् । हुतहोमसमायुक्तो जितक्रोधः स अश्वमेधफलं लभेत् ॥

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश-वाचक adverb: 'there')

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/विशेषार्थक particle: 'but/indeed')

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (relative clause sense: 'should worship')

• parameśvaram: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

• huta-homaḥ: one who has performed offerings (homa)
• huta-homaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: huta + homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (हुतः होमः यस्य/हुतहोमः) विशेषणवत् (yaḥ/saḥ)

• jita-krodhaḥ: having conquered anger
• jita-krodhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita + krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (जितः क्रोधः येन = anger-conquered) विशेषणम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• aśvamedha-phalam: fruit of the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• aśvamedha-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim at a river ford performs snāna, then offers flowers and bilva to a Śiva-liṅga; nearby a small homa-kuṇḍa burns as he offers ghee, his face calm—symbolizing conquered anger.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Homa
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by inner discipline: tīrtha-snānā and Śiva-pūjā bear highest fruit when joined with self-control, especially mastery over anger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha at the place of Śaṅkara’s establishment by Bhūmi-putra (Aṅgāraka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, worship (pūjā) of Parameśvara, and performance of huta-homa, with the ethical vow of jita-krodha (conquering anger).