Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणाश्च ततः सर्वे स्ववेश्मान्येव भेजिरे । देवतीर्थे महाराज सर्वपापप्रणाशने

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāśca tataḥ sarve svaveśmānyeva bhejire | devatīrthe mahārāja sarvapāpapraṇāśane

Translation

ఆపై సమస్త బ్రాహ్మణులు కూడా, ఓ మహారాజా, తమ తమ గృహాలకు వెళ్లిరి—సర్వపాపనాశకమైన దేవతీర్థంలో (స్నానం/దర్శనం చేసి)।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणाः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ब्राह्मणाः-विशेषण

• स्ववेश्मानि: their own homes
• स्ववेश्मानि: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-वेश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + वेश्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भेजिरे: resorted to; went to
• भेजिरे: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• देवतीर्थे: at the Deva-tīrtha
• देवतीर्थे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सर्वपापप्रणाशने: in (the place) that destroys all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशने: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; देवतीर्थे-विशेषण

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devātīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as 'mahārāja'

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas, having completed snāna at Devātīrtha, depart peacefully toward their homes; the tīrtha is shown as a sanctifying river-ghāṭa with a subtle aura of purification.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Devātīrtha
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Mahārāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a celebrated tīrtha is portrayed as a powerful means of pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sins), after which household life may be resumed in purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devātīrtha, explicitly named as “sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana” (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription beyond the implied tīrtha-visit and prior bathing; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s sin-destroying potency.