Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

व्याधानुतापसंजातं तापेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा सम्पूजयति शङ्करम्

Transliteration

vyādhānutāpasaṃjātaṃ tāpeśvaramiti śrutam | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sampūjayati śaṅkaram

Translation

వేటగాడి పశ్చాత్తాపం నుండి జన్మించినదిగా ఇది ‘తాపేశ్వరము’ అని ప్రసిద్ధి. ఆ తీర్థంలో ఎవడు స్నానమాచరించి విధివిధానంగా శంకరుని పూజించునో—

Word by Word

• vyādha-anutāpa-saṃjātam: arisen from the affliction of disease
• vyādha-anutāpa-saṃjātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādha (प्रातिपदिक) + anutāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणरूपेण

• tāpeśvaram: (the deity) Tāpeśvara
• tāpeśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; संज्ञा (देवता-नाम)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक particle)

• śrutam: is heard/known
• śrutam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śruta (कृदन्त; √śru (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘श्रुतम्’ = ‘heard/known’ (impersonal/passive sense)

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

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक particle

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययभाव (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (absolutive/gerund)

• sampūjayati: worships fully
• sampūjayati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śaṅkaram: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवता-नाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: तापेश्वर-तीर्थ

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary interlocutor of the Revā Khaṇḍa discourse (traditionally a sage/assembly; exact name not in given excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a serene Narmadā bank, a remorseful hunter lays down bow and arrows, folds hands before a simple Śiva-liṅga shrine named Tāpeśvara; pilgrims bathe and offer bilva leaves, water, and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Tāpeśvara
• Vyādha
• Śaṅkara
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repentance and turning to Śiva can sanctify one’s life, even giving rise to sacredness associated with a place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tāpeśvara tīrtha, a Śaiva holy ford linked to the hunter’s remorse in the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha followed by complete worship (sampūjā) of Śaṅkara.