Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा वृषमुत्सृजते नरः । स याति शिवसायुज्यमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vṛṣamutsṛjate naraḥ | sa yāti śivasāyujyamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

اُس تیرتھ میں جو شخص اشنان کرکے پھر وِرشبھ (بیل) کو مقدّس دان کے طور پر چھوڑ دے، وہ شِو کے ساتھ سَایُجیہ (وصال) پاتا ہے—یوں شنکر نے فرمایا۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; deictic adverb (place)

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

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) ‘having bathed’

• वृषम्: a bull
• वृषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• उत्सृजते: releases/lets go
• उत्सृजते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शिवसायुज्यम्: union with Śiva
• शिवसायुज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘union with Śiva’

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; quotative particle

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator reporting Śiva; explicit: Śaṅkara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha-tīrtha (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the riverine tīrtha, a devotee bathes, then ceremonially releases a decorated bull as sacred gift; Śaṅkara’s words hover as divine sanction.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (Bhṛgu tīrtha context)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Vṛṣa (bull)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through compassion and dāna—snāna joined with sacred gifting leads toward liberation and Śiva-union.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha in the Bhṛgu region (Bhṛgukṣetra/Bhṛgu-tīrtha) where this rite yields Śiva-sāyujya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha and perform vṛṣotsarga—releasing/gifting a bull as a sacred act.