Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एष ते कथितः प्रश्नः पृष्टो यो वै युधिष्ठिर । तत्र स्नानेन चैकेन सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

eṣa te kathitaḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭo yo vai yudhiṣṭhira | tatra snānena caikena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

اے یُدھِشٹھِر! تمہارا پوچھا ہوا سوال یوں بیان کر دیا گیا؛ وہاں ایک ہی بار غسل کرنے سے انسان تمام گناہوں سے رہائی پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथितः: told/related
• कथितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रश्नः: question
• प्रश्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (प्रश्नस्य) विशेषण

• यः: which/that (relative)
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; नाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place/देशवाचक)

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकेन: with a single (bath)
• एकेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (स्नानेन) विशेषण

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Ablative/source of separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverbank on Revā; a pilgrim completes a single ritual bath while a sage addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, emphasizing instant purification.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a channel of grace: sincere tīrtha-bathing is taught as a swift means of pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha where Pattreśvara is established; it is praised as capable of removing all sins by snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Eka-snānā: performing even a single bath at that tīrtha.