Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

प्रातश्चतुर्थीं स्नात्वाथ तीर्थं पैलिपिले शुभे । त्रिलोचनं समर्च्याथ प्रसुप्ता रंगमंडपे

Transliteration

prātaścaturthīṃ snātvātha tīrthaṃ pailipile śubhe | trilocanaṃ samarcyātha prasuptā raṃgamaṃḍape

Translation

پھر چوتھی تِتھی کی سحر کو غسل کرکے مبارک پَیلی پِلے تیرتھ میں گئے؛ اور تریلوچن (تین آنکھوں والے پروردگار) کی یَتھا وِدھی پوجا کرکے رنگ منڈپ پر سو گئے۔

Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the morning)

• चतुर्थीम्: the fourth (tithi)
• चतुर्थीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (the fourth tithi)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having bathed’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्य-बोधक-अव्यय (particle: then)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पैलिपिले: at Pailipila (place-name)
• पैलिपिले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैलिपिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; देश/स्थानवाचक

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the place/tīrtha)

• त्रिलोचनम्: Trilocana (the three-eyed one)
• त्रिलोचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य’ इति (epithet of Śiva)

• समर्च्य: having duly worshipped
• समर्च्य: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having worshipped’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्य-बोधक-अव्यय (particle: then)

• प्रसुप्ताः: fell asleep / were asleep
• प्रसुप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√स्वप् (धातु) → प्रसुप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग? / पुंलिङ्ग? प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सन्दर्भे ‘बालाः’ (स्त्रीलिङ्ग) अपेक्षया: स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन ‘प्रसुप्ताः/प्रसुप्ताः’ (पाठानुसार)

• रंगमंडपे: in the stage-pavilion
• रंगमंडपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रंग + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘रंगस्य मण्डपः’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pailipila Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dawn on caturthī: devotees step into a small sacred water-spot (tīrtha), then proceed to worship Trilocana Śiva; afterward they sleep in a performance pavilion, exhausted yet peaceful.

Characters & Entities

• Pailipila Tīrtha
• Trilocana (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A complete pilgrimage act unites tīrtha-snān (purifying bath) with Śiva-arcana (reverent worship), culminating in inner repose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pailipila Tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), along with the shrine/aspect of Śiva known as Trilocana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at dawn on Caturthī at a specified tīrtha, followed by formal worship (sam-arcana) of Trilocana Śiva.