Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा भक्त्यार्चयति शङ्करम् । रुद्रस्य भवनं याति मृतो नास्त्यत्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā bhaktyārcayati śaṅkaram | rudrasya bhavanaṃ yāti mṛto nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ทีรถะนั้น แล้วบูชาพระศังกรด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ครั้นสิ้นชีพย่อมไปสู่พระธามของพระรุทระ—ข้อนี้หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• तीर्थे: in the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• यः: whoever (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावः

• अर्चयति: worships
• अर्चयति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• भवनम्: abode
• भवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मृतः: (when) dead / having died
• मृतः: Karta (कर्ता) (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मृ (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) — यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता) (of अस्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at the tīrtha and then offers worship to Śiva; the path to Rudra’s abode is symbolically shown as a luminous ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Trilocana Tīrtha
• Śaṅkara
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with tīrtha-practice leads to an exalted posthumous goal—nearness to Rudra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Trilocana Tīrtha, where bathing and Śiva-worship are especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha and bhakty-arcana (devotional worship) of Śaṅkara.