Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मखतीर्थं तु तत्रैव मखैश्वर समीपतः । मखजं पुण्यमाप्नोति तत्र स्नातो नरोत्तमः

Transliteration

makhatīrthaṃ tu tatraiva makhaiśvara samīpataḥ | makhajaṃ puṇyamāpnoti tatra snāto narottamaḥ

Translation

وہیں مکھیشور کے قریب ‘مکھ تیرتھ’ ہے۔ وہاں اشنان کرنے والا نرِ افضل یَجْن (قربانی) کی عبادت سے پیدا ہونے والا پُنّیہ حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• makhatīrtham: Makha-tīrtha (a sacred place)
• makhatīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: makha (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: मखस्य तीर्थम् = Makha-tīrtha (name)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): but/indeed

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): there

• eva: just/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): only/just

• makhaiśvara: of Makheśvara
• makhaiśvara: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: makha (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular) (सम्बन्धे); ‘of/near Makheśvara’ (proper name)

• samīpataḥ: near/from the vicinity
• samīpataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial ablative in -tas): from/at the vicinity; ‘near’

• makhajam: arising from Makha (rite/place)
• makhajam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: makha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: मखात् जातम् = born of Makha; विशेषण of puṇyam

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): there

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); ‘having bathed’

• narottamaḥ: the best of men
• narottamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय: उत्तमः नरः = best of men

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Makha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small tīrtha beside a shrine of Makheśvara; subtle yajña imagery—smoke from a modest homa-kunda, priests with ladles, while a pilgrim bathes, suggesting snāna as yajña-merit.

Characters & Entities

• Makha Tīrtha
• Makheśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas can confer the merit of great rites; sacred place and right action together generate puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Makha-tīrtha, located near Makheśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Makha-tīrtha.