Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

लोटणेश्वरमभ्यर्च्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । अवक्रगमनं गत्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

loṭaṇeśvaramabhyarcya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | avakragamanaṃ gatvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ด้วยการบูชาโลฏเณศวร (Loṭaṇeśvara) ย่อมหลุดพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง; และด้วยการไปยังอวกฺรกมน (Avakragamana) ย่อมพ้นจากมหาปาตกะทั้งสิ้น

Word by Word

• लोटणेश्वरम्: Loṭaṇeśvara (a form of Śiva)
• लोटणेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोटण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (देवताविशेष)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि+अर्च् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablative sense via instrumental: ‘from sins’)

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

• अवक्रगमनम्: the non-crooked path/going straight
• अवक्रगमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (destination/act)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is released)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all grave sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins/offences)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara; Avakragamana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim/king as instructed audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva temple on the river route: devotees offer bilva and water to a liṅga labeled Loṭaṇeśvara; then a procession moves toward a second sacred landmark, Avakragamana, depicted as a distinctive bend/turning-place or shrine-marker, signifying ‘going’ as a salvific act.

Characters & Entities

• Loṭaṇeśvara
• Avakragamana
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-worship and tīrtha-yātrā are presented as powerful means for purification and release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Loṭaṇeśvara (Śiva-kṣetra) and the tīrtha called Avakragamana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhyarcana (formal worship) of Loṭaṇeśvara and visiting (gamanam) the Avakragamana tīrtha.