Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

अनाशकं तु यः कुर्यात्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नराधिप । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

โอ้กษัตริย์ผู้ครองชน ผู้ใดบำเพ็ญอุโบสถอดอาหาร ณ ท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง และไปสู่รุทรโลก

Word by Word

• अनाशकम्: a fast (abstention from food)
• अनाशकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनाशक (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + नाशक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘उपवास/अनशन’ अर्थे

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थे इति)

• तीर्थे: at the holy place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (प्रातिपदिक; नर + अधिप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: नराणाम् अधिपः)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘सर्वाणि पापानि’)

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रलोक (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jvāleśvara-tīrtha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king observes a fast at the confluence: seated on darbha, minimal food, hands in japa; above, a vision of Rudra-loka—radiant Śiva realm—appears as the promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Tīrtha
• Narādhipa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity performed at a sanctified place amplifies purification and directs the devotee toward Śaiva liberation-goals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed ‘that tīrtha’ in the immediate Amareśvara/Amarkaṇṭaka–Revā context of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing anāśaka (fasting) at the tīrtha.