Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ततस्त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य केशवस्याति पुण्यदम् । तीर्थं यत्राप्लुता मर्त्या मर्त्यलोकं विशंति न

Transliteration

tatastribhuvanākhyasya keśavasyāti puṇyadam | tīrthaṃ yatrāplutā martyā martyalokaṃ viśaṃti na

Translation

அதன்பின் ‘திரிபுவன’ எனப் பெயர்பெற்ற கேசவனின் மிகப் புண்ணியமளிக்கும் தீர்த்தம் உள்ளது; அங்கு நீராடிய மானவர்கள் மீண்டும் மர்த்தியலோகத்தில் புகார்.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/क्रम
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘thereafter/from there’

• त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य: of the one called ‘Three-worlds’
• त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + भुवन + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण (of Keśava)

• केशवस्य: of Keśava
• केशवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अति: exceedingly
• अति: विशेषण-बल (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier: ‘very/exceedingly’)

• पुण्यदम्: bestowing merit
• पुण्यदम्: विशेषण (of tīrtha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + द (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘giving merit’

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: कर्ता/विषय (topic: the tīrtha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• आप्लुताः: having bathed
• आप्लुताः: कर्तृविशेषण (qualifier of ‘martyāḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√प्लु (धातु) → आप्लुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘having bathed/immersed’

• मर्त्याः: mortals
• मर्त्याः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मर्त्यलोकम्: the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विशन्ति: they enter
• विशन्ति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: निषेध (negates verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tribhuvana-Keśava Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/assembly in Kāśī-māhātmya frame (not specified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Keśava shrine near a sacred bathing spot; the water reflects a cosmic ‘three worlds’ motif (earth, mid-sky, heaven) as concentric luminous bands; pilgrims emerge from the bath with serene, liberated expressions.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Tribhuvana (name of Keśava/tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is celebrated as a gateway beyond saṃsāra—bathing there is linked with non-return to mortal existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Keśava called ‘Tribhuvana’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āplavana/snānā (ritual bathing/immersion) promising freedom from re-entry into martyaloka.