Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

वाचिकं मानसं पापं कर्मणा यत्कृतं नृप । लोटणेश्वरमासाद्य सर्वं विलयतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yatkṛtaṃ nṛpa | loṭaṇeśvaramāsādya sarvaṃ vilayatāṃ vrajet

Translation

اے بادشاہ! زبان، دل یا عمل سے جو بھی گناہ ہوا ہو، لوٹنےشور کے حضور پہنچتے ہی وہ سب مٹ کر فنا ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• वाचिकम्: verbal (by speech)
• वाचिकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• मानसम्: mental
• मानसम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्मणा: by action/deed
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; 'यत्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोटणेश्वरम्: Lord Loṭaṇeśvara
• लोटणेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोटण-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोटणस्य ईश्वरः)

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'पापम्' इत्यर्थे समस्तपापसमूहः

• विलयताम्: let (them) dissolve
• विलयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ली (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपदम्; आज्ञार्थे (let ... dissolve)

• व्रजेत्: would go/come to (i.e., pass away)
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim stands before the Loṭaṇeśvara liṅga, hands folded; above, subtle symbolic motifs of speech (script), mind (lotus), and action (hands/feet) dissolve into light emanating from the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Loṭaṇeśvara (Śiva)
• King (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-kṣetras are portrayed as powerful centers of purification, dissolving sin across thought, word, and deed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Loṭaṇeśvara, the Śiva-liṅga/shrine associated with the Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approaching/visiting (āsādya) Loṭaṇeśvara—typically paired with darśana and worship—is stated as the means of purification.