Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalamāpnotyanuttamam

Translation

جو اس تیرتھ میں اشنان کر کے پرمیشور کی پوجا کرے، وہ اگنِشٹوم یَجْن کے پھل کے برابر بے مثال ثواب پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having bathed)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; विध्यर्थे (should worship)

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (परमः ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अग्निष्टोमस्य: of the Agniṣṭoma
• अग्निष्टोमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'phalam')

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (implied within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kohanasve

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim completes river-bath at a ghāṭa, then offers bilva leaves and lamp to a Śiva-liṅga shrine; subtle imagery of Vedic altar/fire appears as a symbolic overlay indicating Agniṣṭoma fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Agniṣṭoma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-bathing combined with devotion to Śiva can confer merits comparable to major Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Avantīkhaṇḍa’s Revākhaṇḍa context (the verse praises ‘that tīrtha’ just described in the chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha followed by pūjā (worship) of Parameśvara (Śiva).