Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शक्रातिथ्यमवाप्नुयात् । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा यः पश्यति जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śakrātithyamavāpnuyāt | tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā yaḥ paśyati janārdanam

Translation

ผู้ใดพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง ย่อมได้บรรลุการต้อนรับดุจแขกของพระศักระ (พระอินทร์) ณท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ผู้ใดอาบน้ำแล้วได้เฝ้าดูพระชนารทนะ ย่อมได้ผลดังกล่าว

Word by Word

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि+निर्+मुच् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (सर्वेषां पापानां विनिर्मुक्तः)

• शक्रातिथ्यम्: hospitality/guest-status of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रातिथ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आतिथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य आतिथ्यम्)

• अवाप्नुयात्: should attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

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

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asmāhaka-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the river, hands in añjali, gazing upon Janārdana’s icon; above, Indra’s celestial court symbolically extends a welcoming gesture, suggesting ‘Śakra-atithya’.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through tīrtha-bathing culminates in divine vision (darśana), bringing both moral cleansing and celestial honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘tatra tīrtha’ in Revā Khaṇḍa where Janārdana’s darśana is praised (contextually near Asmāhaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha followed by darśana of Janārdana (Viṣṇu).