Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

नाममात्रेण यस्यास्तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । स्नातास्तत्र दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः

Transliteration

nāmamātreṇa yasyāstu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | snātāstatra divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ

Translation

เพียงเอ่ยนามของนาง ก็พ้นจากบาปทั้งปวงได้ ผู้ที่สรงสนาน ณ ที่นั้นย่อมไปสวรรค์; และผู้ที่สิ้นชีวิต ณ ที่นั้นย่อมเป็นอปุนรภวะ—ไม่กลับมาเกิดอีก

Word by Word

• नाममात्रेण: by the mere name
• नाममात्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; करणम् (by mere name)

• यस्याः: of which (river)
• यस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• अस्तु: indeed is / let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अव्ययवत् ‘indeed/let it be’ अर्थे

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; तृतीया अपादानार्थे (from all sins)

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

• स्नाताः: those who have bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि (those who have bathed)

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

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-कर्म (object of motion)

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मृताः: dead / having died
• मृताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ये’ इति विशेषणम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपुनर्भवाः: free from rebirth
• अपुनर्भवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (निषेध) + पुनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः; ‘पुनर्भवः न’ (no rebirth)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha (contextual) / Narmadā tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych-like visualization: (1) devotee chanting the tīrtha’s name with rosary, (2) pilgrims bathing at the ghāṭa under sunrise, (3) a serene deathbed scene at the riverbank with divine attendants guiding the soul upward—symbolizing svarga and final release.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the sacred (nāma) and tīrtha-practice (snāna) are portrayed as powerful means of purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing place at Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha associated with Sarasvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the site is explicitly linked with heavenly attainment; dying there is praised as leading to non-return (apunarbhava).