Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । सहस्रकिरणं देवं नाममन्त्रविधानतः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | sahasrakiraṇaṃ devaṃ nāmamantravidhānataḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ตีรถะนั้น แล้วบูชาพระปรเมศวร คือเทพสหัสสกิรณะ ตามพิธีแห่งพระนามและมนตร์โดยถูกต้อง ผู้นั้นย่อมบำเพ็ญอาราธนาอย่างครบถ้วนตามบัญญัติ

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, and
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

• सहस्रकिरणम्: thousand-rayed
• सहस्रकिरणम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of देवं/परमेश्वरम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + किरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (सहस्राणि किरणानि यस्य)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• मन्त्र: mantra
• मन्त्र: (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = 'according to'; स्रोतः: विधान + तः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Revā Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasrakiraṇa-tīrtha on Revā (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a Narmadā ford at dawn; on the bank a radiant Sūrya icon receives arghya, flowers, incense; a priest guides mantra recitation from a palm-leaf text.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Sahasrakiraṇa (Sūrya)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually complete when tīrtha-snān and deity-worship are performed with proper mantra and method.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa context—i.e., the Narmadā river pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha followed by worship of Sahasrakiraṇa (Sūrya) using prescribed name-mantras (nāma-mantra-vidhi).