Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

लोटणेश्वरमभ्यर्च्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । अवक्रगमनं गत्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

loṭaṇeśvaramabhyarcya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | avakragamanaṃ gatvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

لوٹَنےشور کی پوجا و ارچنا کرنے سے انسان تمام گناہوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے؛ اور اَوَکرگمن میں جا کر وہ ہر طرح کے مہاپاتک (سنگین گناہوں) سے بھی چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• लोटणेश्वरम्: Loṭaṇeśvara (a form of Śiva)
• लोटणेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोटण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (देवताविशेष)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि+अर्च् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablative sense via instrumental: ‘from sins’)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is freed)

• अवक्रगमनम्: the non-crooked path/going straight
• अवक्रगमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (destination/act)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is released)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all grave sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from all sins/offences)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara; Avakragamana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim/king as instructed audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva temple on the river route: devotees offer bilva and water to a liṅga labeled Loṭaṇeśvara; then a procession moves toward a second sacred landmark, Avakragamana, depicted as a distinctive bend/turning-place or shrine-marker, signifying ‘going’ as a salvific act.

Characters & Entities

• Loṭaṇeśvara
• Avakragamana
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-worship and tīrtha-yātrā are presented as powerful means for purification and release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Loṭaṇeśvara (Śiva-kṣetra) and the tīrtha called Avakragamana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhyarcana (formal worship) of Loṭaṇeśvara and visiting (gamanam) the Avakragamana tīrtha.