Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्पितृदेवताः । पूजिते तु महादेवे वाजपेयफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pūjite tu mahādeve vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ณ ตีรถะนั้น ผู้ใดอาบน้ำแล้วบูชาปิตฤและเทพทั้งหลาย—เมื่อบูชามหาเทวะ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมได้ผลบุญดุจวาชเปยะยัญ

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितृदेवताः: the deities of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां देवताः)

• पूजिते: when worship has been done
• पूजिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) प्रयोगे सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘पूजिते (सति)’

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात

• महादेवे: in (the worship of) Mahādeva
• महादेवे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• वाजपेयफलम्: the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice
• वाजपेयफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वाजपेयस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-ford, a devotee offers tarpaṇa to Pitṛs with cupped hands, then turns to a Śiva-liṅga shrine under a bilva tree; a celestial banner reads ‘Vājapeya-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• Pitṛs
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Vājapeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-worship integrates duties to ancestors and gods; devotion to Mahādeva at a holy place is equated with great Vedic sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa, praised for granting exalted yajña-phala through worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, followed by worship of Pitṛs and deities, especially pūjā of Mahādeva.