Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

ततः पर्वततीर्थं च पर्वतेश समीपतः । सर्वपर्वफलं तस्य स्नात्वा पर्वण्यपर्वणि

Transliteration

tataḥ parvatatīrthaṃ ca parvateśa samīpataḥ | sarvaparvaphalaṃ tasya snātvā parvaṇyaparvaṇi

Translation

பின்பு பர்வதேஷரின் அருகில் பர்வத தீர்த்தம். அங்கே நீராடினால்—திருநாள் இருந்தாலும் இல்லாவிட்டாலும்—எல்லா பண்டிகைகளின் பலனும் கிடைக்கும்.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पर्वततीर्थम्: the mountain-tīrtha
• पर्वततीर्थम्: Karma/Topic (object/mentioned place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वतस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पर्वतेश: of the Lord of the mountain (Parvateśa)
• पर्वतेश: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (सम्बोधन-रूपेण अपि सम्भवः; अत्र षष्ठी)

• समीपतः: near
• समीपतः: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: देशवाचक (adverb ‘near’)

• सर्वपर्वफलम्: the fruit of all festivals/holy days
• सर्वपर्वफलम्: Karma/Result (object/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वेषां पर्वणां फलम् / सर्वपर्वस्य फलम्)

• तस्य: of it/of that (tīrtha)
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• पर्वणि: on a festival/holy day
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana (time/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अपर्वणि: on a non-festival day
• अपर्वणि: Adhikarana (time/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ+पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक (negative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Parvata-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact shrine of Parvateśa near a water-spot; pilgrims bathe while a calendar motif fades in the background, signifying ‘parva or non-parva’ equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Parvata-tīrtha
• Parvateśa (Śiva)
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely charged sacred place can confer the essence of many rituals and calendar observances through sincere bathing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Parvata-tīrtha, situated near Parvateśa in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Parvata-tīrtha, effective both on parva-days (festivals) and ordinary days.