Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

मुच्यन्ते दर्शनात्तेन पातकैः स्नानमङ्गलैः । नर्मदायां नृपश्रेष्ठ ये नमन्ति त्रिलोचनम्

Transliteration

mucyante darśanāttena pātakaiḥ snānamaṅgalaiḥ | narmadāyāṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha ye namanti trilocanam

Translation

اُس مبارک اشنان اور محض دیدار سے ہی گناہوں سے رہائی ملتی ہے۔ اے بہترین بادشاہ! جو نَرمدا کے کنارے تری لوچن بھگوان شِو کو سجدۂ تعظیم کرتے ہیں، وہ اسی طرح نجات پاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• mucyante: are released / are freed
• mucyante: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• darśanāt: from (the) sight/seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative, 5th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• tena: by that (him/that)
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine) / नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• pātakaiḥ: by sins
• pātakaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• snāna-maṅgalaiḥ: by auspicious bath-rites
• snāna-maṅgalaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचनम् (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (snānasya maṅgalaiḥ = auspicious acts of bathing)

• narmadāyām: in the Narmadā (river)
• narmadāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative, 7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम् (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (nṛpāṇāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ)

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• namanti: bow (down)
• namanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम् (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• trilocanam: the Three-eyed (Śiva)
• trilocanam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः (yasya trīṇi locanāni saḥ)

Speaker

Unknown (addressing a king; narrative voice within Revākhaṇḍa—often Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā) tīrtha with Trilocana-Śiva darśana

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank at dawn: pilgrims step into the Narmadā, water glinting; a Śiva shrine with Trilocana aspect nearby; devotees with folded hands bow after bathing; ascetics and kings’ retinue in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Śiva (Trilocana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is fulfilled by devotion to Śiva: snāna and darśana at Narmadā, joined with namaskāra to Trilocana, purify sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) river-tīrtha, specifically as a place to worship Śiva (Trilocana).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), darśana (seeing the tīrtha/deity), and namaskāra (bowing) to Śiva at Narmadā.