Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

आयांत्यूर्जे पंचनदे प्रातःप्रातर्ममांतिकम् । महाघौघप्रशमने महाश्रेयोविधायिनि

Transliteration

āyāṃtyūrje paṃcanade prātaḥprātarmamāṃtikam | mahāghaughapraśamane mahāśreyovidhāyini

Translation

اُورجہ (کارتک) میں، پنچنَد پر، وہ ہر صبح بار بار میرے پاس آتے ہیں—اس مقام پر جو عظیم گناہوں کے سیلاب کو تھامتا اور اعلیٰ ترین بھلائی عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ऊर्जे: in Ūrja (Āśvina)
• ऊर्जे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (in the month Ūrja/Āśvina)

• पञ्चनदे: at Pañcanada (place of five rivers)
• पञ्चनदे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास; स्थानवाचक

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: क्रिया-विशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (in the morning)

• प्रातर्: morning after morning
• प्रातर्: क्रिया-विशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-कालवाचक (again: morning)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तिकम्: near (to me)
• अन्तिकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (as goal: near-ness)

• महाघौघ-प्रशमने: in/at (the one that is) the pacification of great floods of sin
• महाघौघ-प्रशमने: सम्बोधन/विशेषण (Address/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + घौघ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्र-शम् धातु, ल्युट्-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थान/विशेषणवत्; (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगे)

• महाश्रेयो-विधायिनि: in/at (the one) bestowing great welfare
• महाश्रेयो-विधायिनि: सम्बोधन/विशेषण (Address/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक) + विधायिन् (वि-धा धातु, णिनि-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (सम्बोधन-प्रयोगे) गुणवाचक

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in Kārttika, a river/ford named Pañcanada glows; personified tīrthas arrive each morning like a recurring procession, while the waters appear to wash away dark ‘sin-clouds’.

Characters & Entities

• Ūrja (Kārttika)
• Pañcanada
• Sin-destruction
• Śreyas (highest good)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal sacred time (like Kārttika) intensifies tīrtha power, making repeated morning observance a means to dissolve sin and gain highest welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pañcanada (mentioned as a powerful tīrtha associated with repeated morning approach to the speaker’s presence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular morning practice—‘morning after morning’—implying repeated snāna/approach during Ūrja (Kārttika).