Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

माण्डव्यखातात्पश्चिमतस्तीर्थं तदङ्कूरेश्वरम् । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा शुचिः प्रयतमानसः

Transliteration

māṇḍavyakhātātpaścimatastīrthaṃ tadaṅkūreśvaram | tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ

Translation

ทางตะวันตกของคูศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของมาณฑวยะ มีทิรถะชื่อว่า อังกูเรศวร ผู้ใดอาบน้ำที่นั่น ย่อมบริสุทธิ์และมีจิตสำรวม พร้อมสำหรับพิธีตามลำดับต่อไป

Word by Word

• माण्डव्यखातात्: from Māṇḍavya’s excavation/pond
• माण्डव्यखातात्: Apadana (From/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य-खात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन

• पश्चिमतः: to the west
• पश्चिमतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक-अव्यय (directional adverb: ‘to the west/from the west side’)

• तीर्थम्: the tīrtha (holy place)
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम् इति)

• अङ्कूरेश्वरम्: (called) Aṅkūreśvara
• अङ्कूरेश्वरम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कूर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; नाम (apposition to तीर्थम्)

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

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

• प्रयतमानसः: with a disciplined mind
• प्रयतमानसः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत-मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a westward riverbank from Māṇḍavya’s pool; signposts or local guides indicate Aṅkūreśvara; the pilgrim bathes, then stands with folded hands, eyes lowered, composed and disciplined.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Aṅkūreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and mental discipline are presented as the proper foundation for receiving the full merit of a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha, located to the west of Māṇḍavya’s khāta (sacred trench).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha with a pure body and restrained mind.