Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सा तत्र पतिता राजन् प्राचीनाघविमोचिनी । भास्वत्या त्रितयं यत्र शिला गीर्वाणसंज्ञिता

Transliteration

sā tatra patitā rājan prācīnāghavimocinī | bhāsvatyā tritayaṃ yatra śilā gīrvāṇasaṃjñitā

Translation

அரசே, அவள் அங்கே இறங்கி பழம்பாவங்களை நீக்கும் தெய்வநதியாக ஆனாள். அங்கே ஒளிமிக்க மூவரணி உள்ளது; மேலும் ‘கீர்வாணா’ என அழைக்கப்படும் ஒரு கல்லும் உள்ளது.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• patitā: fallen
• patitā: Vidhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patita (कृदन्त; √पत् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• prācīna-āgha-vimocinī: remover of former sins
• prācīna-āgha-vimocinī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prācīna (प्रातिपदिक) + āgha (प्रातिपदिक) + vimocinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘ancient/previous’ + ‘sin’ + ‘remover’), विशेषण

• bhāsvatyā: by/with Bhāsvatī (name)
• bhāsvatyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāsvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tritayam: a triad/threefold set
• tritayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative adverb)

• śilā: stone/rock
• śilā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• gīrvāṇa-saṃjñitā: named ‘Gīrvāṇa’
• gīrvāṇa-saṃjñitā: Vidhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gīrvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (कृदन्त; √ज्ञा धातु, सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of the gods’ + ‘named’), क्त-कृदन्त

Speaker

Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gīrvāṇā-śilā and Bhāsvat-tritaya at Śūlabheda-kuṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as the narrator points to three radiant sacred markers near a pool—possibly three stones/lingas—beside a prominent sacred stone labeled ‘Gīrvāṇā’. The scene is suffused with golden light reflecting off water.

Characters & Entities

• Gīrvāṇā (stone/name)
• Śūlabheda (contextual)
• Kuṇḍa (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is portrayed as strong enough to erase long-standing karmic burdens, not merely recent faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha and its associated markers—especially the Gīrvāṇā stone (śilā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse highlights sacred objects (śilā) and their purifying reputation.