Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततो गारुत्मतं तीर्थं संसारगरनाशनम् । कृतोदकक्रियस्तत्र वैकुंठे वसतिं लभेत्

Transliteration

tato gārutmataṃ tīrthaṃ saṃsāragaranāśanam | kṛtodakakriyastatra vaikuṃṭhe vasatiṃ labhet

Translation

اس کے بعد گارُتمت تیرتھ ہے جو سنسار کے زہر کو مٹا دیتا ہے۔ وہاں اُدک کریا (آبی رسومات) ادا کرنے سے ویکنٹھ میں سکونت نصیب ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय

• गारुत्मतम्: of Garuḍa; Garuḍa-related
• गारुत्मतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गारुत्मत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संसारगरनाशनम्: destroyer of the poison of worldly existence
• संसारगरनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + गर + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य गरः; तस्य नाशनम्); विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• कृतोदकक्रियः: one who has performed the water-rites
• कृतोदकक्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + उदकक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्तः—कृत (कृ धातोः क्त-प्रत्यय) ‘done’; समासः तत्पुरुष (उदकक्रिया कृतः यस्य)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• वैकुंठे: in Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुंठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• वसतिम्: dwelling; residence
• वसतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gārutmata-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ghat-side tīrtha with a Garuḍa emblem or pillar; a devotee performs udaka-kriyā with a copper vessel; above, Garuḍa spreads wings as a protective presence, and a distant vision of Vaikuṇṭha appears.

Characters & Entities

• Gārutmata-tīrtha
• Garuḍa
• Vaikuṇṭha
• Kāśī (Varanasi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and devotion at a sanctified place are portrayed as antidotes to saṃsāra’s ‘poison,’ leading to divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gārutmata-tīrtha, associated with Garuḍa, within the Kāśī tīrtha circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Udaka-kriyā—water-based rites such as offerings/ablutions performed at the tīrtha.