Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

ततो गरुडतीर्थं च संसारविषनाशनम् । गरुडेशं समभ्यर्च्य तत्र स्नात्वा न शोचति

Transliteration

tato garuḍatīrthaṃ ca saṃsāraviṣanāśanam | garuḍeśaṃ samabhyarcya tatra snātvā na śocati

Translation

پھر گڑوڑ تیرتھ آتا ہے جو سنسار کے زہر کو مٹا دیتا ہے۔ گڑوڑیش کی پوجا کر کے اور وہاں اشنان کر کے انسان غم نہیں کرتا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from that
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (sequential adverb)

• गरुडतीर्थम्: the Garuḍa tīrtha
• गरुडतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; गरुड + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• संसारविषनाशनम्: destroyer of the poison of saṃsāra
• संसारविषनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार-विष-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; संसार + विष + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• गरुडेशम्: Garuḍeśa (lord Garuḍa / Garuḍa as lord)
• गरुडेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; गरुड + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय; सम्+अभि-उपसर्गयुक्त (absolutive/gerund: having duly worshipped)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund: having bathed)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• शोचति: grieves
• शोचति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garuḍa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: implied kingly interlocutor / pilgrims at large

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ghat with a Garuḍa pillar or icon; devotees bathe, then offer flowers and lamps to Garuḍeśa. Serpent motifs appear subdued under Garuḍa’s feet, symbolizing poison conquered; the devotee’s expression becomes fearless and unburdened.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa-tīrtha
• Garuḍeśa
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion plus tīrtha-practice is depicted as antidote to saṃsāra’s ‘poison’, yielding freedom from grief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garuḍa-tīrtha, praised for destroying the ‘poison of worldly existence’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) of Garuḍeśa and snāna at Garuḍa-tīrtha.