Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

देवखातं महापुण्यं निर्मितं त्रिदशैरपि । तस्मिन् यः कुरुते स्नानं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

devakhātaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ nirmitaṃ tridaśairapi | tasmin yaḥ kurute snānaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

เทวคาตะเป็นทีรถะอันมีบุญยิ่งใหญ่ แม้เหล่าเทพก็ร่วมสร้างไว้ ผู้ใดลงอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• देवखातम्: the divine excavation/tank (Devakhāta)
• देवखातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-खात (प्रातिपदिक; देव + खात)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (देवैः खातम् = देवखातम्)

• महापुण्यम्: very holy
• महापुण्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुण्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवखातम् इति)

• निर्मितम्: made/constructed
• निर्मितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मि (धातु) → निर्मित (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle)

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty deities)
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Ablative-sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वाणि पातकानि’ इति कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Unknown (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous stone-lined pool (khāta/kunda) beside the Revā, said to be fashioned by the gods; pilgrims descend steps to bathe as celestial beings hover above, showering flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-khāta
• Devas (Tridaśa)
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing (snāna) in a divinely sanctioned tīrtha purifies even deep moral impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Deva-khāta, a sacred tank/pool in the Revā-khaṇḍa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Deva-khāta for release from sins.