Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

श्रमापनोदं कुर्वाणा मुनीनां यत्र संस्थिता । तत्तत्पादकमित्युक्तं तीर्थं तीर्थार्थिनां नृणाम् । सर्वेषां पातकानां च शोधनं तद्वरानने

Transliteration

śramāpanodaṃ kurvāṇā munīnāṃ yatra saṃsthitā | tattatpādakamityuktaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthārthināṃ nṛṇām | sarveṣāṃ pātakānāṃ ca śodhanaṃ tadvarānane

Translation

Kung saan siya nananatili upang alisin ang pagod ng mga muni, ang pook na iyon ay tinatawag na ‘Tattatpādaka’—isang tīrtha para sa mga taong naghahanap ng banal na tawiran; at, O may magandang mukha, iyon ay tagapaglinis ng lahat ng kasalanan.

Word by Word

• श्रमापनोदम्: removal of fatigue
• श्रमापनोदम्: Karma (Object of ‘doing’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम-अपनोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: श्रमस्य अपनोदः (removal of fatigue)

• कुर्वाणा: doing, effecting
• कुर्वाणा: Karta (Doer/agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त/active present participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: कृ ‘to do’

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक relative adverb)

• संस्थिता: situated, established
• संस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: सम्-स्था ‘to be situated’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)

• तत्पादकम्: (called) Tatpādaka
• तत्पादकम्: Karta (Predicate nominative/name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-पादक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: तत् + पादक (name/designation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• उक्तम्: is said/called
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: वच् ‘to say’

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject of ‘is said’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तीर्थार्थिनाम्: of tīrtha-seekers/pilgrims
• तीर्थार्थिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समास: तीर्थम् अर्थयते इति (one who seeks a tīrtha)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पातकानाम्: of sins
• पातकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• शोधनम्: purification
• शोधनम्: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; समास: वरम् आननं यस्याः (O fair-faced one)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tattatpādaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed ‘varānane’ (fair-faced one) within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī as a gentle river-goddess sits/stands by a shaded ford; weary sages arrive with kamaṇḍalus, wash their feet, and their fatigue visibly lifts; a small signboard-like motif indicates the name ‘Tattatpādaka’.

Characters & Entities

• Munis (sages)
• Tattatpādaka Tīrtha
• Sarasvatī (implied by continuity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to sages and contact with their sanctified presence transforms a location into a sin-purifying tīrtha for all pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tattatpādaka Tīrtha, praised as a purifier of all sins and a refuge for tīrtha-seekers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies tīrtha-sevana (pilgrimage) and likely snāna (sacred bathing) by calling it a tīrtha that purifies sins, though the act is not spelled out.