Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

स्नानं तु संगमे कृत्वा द्रष्टव्यः संगमेश्वरः । स्वलीन तीर्थे सुस्नातः पश्येत्स्वलीनमीश्वरम्

Transliteration

snānaṃ tu saṃgame kṛtvā draṣṭavyaḥ saṃgameśvaraḥ | svalīna tīrthe susnātaḥ paśyetsvalīnamīśvaram

Translation

ครั้นอาบน้ำที่สังฆมะ (จุดบรรจบ) แล้ว พึงไปเฝ้าทัศนาสังฆเมศวร; เมื่ออาบน้ำอย่างบริสุทธิ์ที่ตีรถะสวลีณะแล้ว พึงไปเฝ้าทัศนาพระผู้เป็นเจ้า สวลีณะ

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + क्त्वा → kṛtvā (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• द्रष्टव्यः: is to be seen
• द्रष्टव्यः: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + tavya → draṣṭavya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विधेय (masculine, nominative, singular; gerundive)

• संगमेश्वरः: Saṅgameśvara (Lord of the confluence)
• संगमेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (saṅgamasya īśvaraḥ)

• स्वलीन: (at) Svalīna
• स्वलीन: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svalīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘तीर्थे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (locative singular agreeing with tīrthe)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter, locative, singular)

• सुस्नातः: having bathed well
• सुस्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + snā (धातु) + क्त → susnāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि (masculine, nominative, singular; past participle: ‘well-bathed’)

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे/विधिलिङ्-सदृश), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative/imperative sense: should see), धातु: पश्य (present stem)

• स्वलीनम्: Svalīna
• स्वलीनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svalīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ईश्वरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (masculine, accusative, singular)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord (Īśvara)
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative, singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgama and Svalīna tīrtha (Kāśī)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred confluence, two streams meet in swirling patterns; pilgrims bathe and offer arghya, then walk to a nearby shrine where Saṅgameśvara liṅga is worshiped; later, a quieter Svalīna tīrtha with steps and trees leads to Svalīneśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgama (confluence)
• Saṅgameśvara
• Svalīna Tīrtha
• Svalīneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity through tīrtha-snāna is completed by darśana of Īśvara, uniting outer rite with inner devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Saṅgama (confluence) with Saṅgameśvara, and Svalīna tīrtha with the Lord Svalīna in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the confluence, see Saṅgameśvara; then bathe at Svalīna tīrtha and see Svalīneśvara.