Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

द्वितीयेऽह्नि ततो गच्छेच्छूलभेदे तपस्विनि । पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि

Transliteration

dvitīye'hni tato gacchecchūlabhede tapasvini | pūrvoktena vidhānena snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

Translation

پھر دوسرے دن، اے تپسوی بانو، شُول بھید کو جانا چاہیے؛ اور پہلے بیان کردہ وِدھان کے مطابق، قاعدے کے ساتھ اسنان کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• द्वितीये: on the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; विशेषण (अह्नि)

• अह्नि: day
• अह्नि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शूलभेदे: to/at Śūlabheda (place called ‘Spear-cleft’)
• शूलभेदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शूलस्य भेदः) स्थाननाम

• तपस्विनि: (place) of ascetics/holy
• तपस्विनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; विशेषण (शूलभेदे)

• पूर्वोक्तेन: by the previously stated
• पूर्वोक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (पूर्वं उक्तः)

• विधानेन: procedure/rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि (अव्ययीभाव-समास)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव (यथाविधि = विधिना यथा) क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A tapasvinī (ascetic lady) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of pilgrims setting out at dawn on the second day, approaching a distinctive rock/marker called Śūlabheda near the river; they prepare for ritual bathing with vessels and cloth bundles.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā is a disciplined sādhana: it proceeds by time, sequence, and rule, not merely by travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda, presented as the next prescribed stop in the tīrtha itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go on the second day to Śūlabheda and perform snāna according to the previously described rite (pūrvokta-vidhi).