Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अंगारतीर्थं तत्रैव अंगारेश्वरसन्निधौ । तत्रांगार चतुर्थ्यां नु स्नात्वा निष्पापतामियात्

Transliteration

aṃgāratīrthaṃ tatraiva aṃgāreśvarasannidhau | tatrāṃgāra caturthyāṃ nu snātvā niṣpāpatāmiyāt

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นเองมีอังคารตีรถะ อยู่ใกล้พระอังคาเรศวร ผู้ใดอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ที่นั่นในวันอังคารจตุรถี ย่อมพ้นบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• अंगारतीर्थम्: the Aṅgāra sacred ford
• अंगारतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगार-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘अंगारस्य तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• अंगारेश्वरसन्निधौ: in the vicinity of Aṅgāreśvara
• अंगारेश्वरसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगार-ईश्वर-सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘अंगारेश्वरस्य सन्निधौ’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• अंगारचतुर्थ्याम्: on Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday fourth lunar day)
• अंगारचतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगार-चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘अंगारस्य चतुर्थी’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मङ्गल/अंगारक-चतुर्थी)

• नु: indeed/then
• नु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/confirmatory particle)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘स्ना’ धातोः—स्नात्वा = having bathed

• निष्पापताम्: sinlessness
• निष्पापताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पापता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• इयात्: would attain
• इयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘या’ = to go/attain

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgāra-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-group in purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn bathes in a small sacred pool/ghat labeled Aṅgāra-tīrtha; nearby stands Aṅgāreśvara liṅga shrine with lamps and bilva leaves; priests mark foreheads with ash; the atmosphere suggests Mars-associated austerity and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Aṅgāra-tīrtha
• Aṅgāreśvara
• Aṅgāra-caturthī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links sacred time and sacred place: bathing on a specified tithi at a specified tīrtha is said to intensify purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgāra-tīrtha near Aṅgāreśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Aṅgāra-tīrtha specifically on Aṅgāra-caturthī.