Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्पितृदेवताः । पूजयेत्परमीशानं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pūjayetparamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่ตถีรถะนั้น แล้วบูชาเทพแห่งบรรพชน และบูชาพระอีศานผู้สูงสุดคือพระศิวะ ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

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

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

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितृदेवताः: the deities of the ancestors (pitṛ-deities)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां देवताः)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमीशानम्: the supreme Lord Īśāna (Śiva)
• परमीशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईशान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमः ईशानः)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is released/freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unspecified ford in Revā-khaṇḍa context)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Narmadā ghat performs snāna, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands toward the river, and finally worships a nearby Śiva-liṅga with bilva leaves; pitṛs are suggested as subtle presences receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ-devatās
• Paramīśāna (Śiva)
• Gautameśvara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is holistic: honoring ancestors and worshipping Śiva together at a tīrtha is praised as a complete remedy for sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gautameśvara tīrtha in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tīrtha-snāna, then worship the pitṛ-devatās (ancestral deities) and worship Paramīśāna (Śiva).