Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पापौघहतजन्तूनां मोक्षदं नर्मदातटे । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा नन्दिनाथे युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

pāpaughahatajantūnāṃ mokṣadaṃ narmadātaṭe | ahorātroṣito bhūtvā nandināthe yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

نرمدا کے کنارے یہ گناہوں کے انبار سے دبے ہوئے جانداروں کو موکش عطا کرتا ہے۔ اے یدھشٹھِر، نندیناتھ میں ایک دن اور ایک رات ٹھہر کر—

Word by Word

• पापौघहतजन्तूनाम्: of beings struck by a flood of sins
• पापौघहतजन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + हत (√हन् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—पापौघेन हताः जन्तवः (तत्पुरुष), तेषाम्

• मोक्षदम्: granting liberation
• मोक्षदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (√दा धातु, क-प्रत्यय/द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—मोक्षं ददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• नर्मदातटे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—नर्मदायाः तटः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), तस्मिन्

• अहोरात्रोषितः: having stayed for a day and night
• अहोरात्रोषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उषित (√वस्/उष् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; समासः—अहोरात्रं उषितः (द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष)

• भूत्वा: having become; having been
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having become/being’

• नन्दिनाथे: at (the shrine of) Nandinātha
• नन्दिनाथे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—नन्देः नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), तस्मिन्

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

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandinātha on Narmadā-taṭa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on the Narmadā bank near a Śaiva shrine of Nandinātha, spending a full day and night in vigil; river flowing, lamps at dusk, ascetic ambience; Yudhiṣṭhira addressed in a didactic setting.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Nandinātha
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even those burdened by great sin are promised purification and liberation through sincere tīrtha-association and observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nandinātha/Nanditīrtha on the bank of the Narmadā (Revā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ahorātra-uṣita: staying at the sacred site for a full day and night as part of the observance.