Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

मरुत्ततीर्थं तत्प्रांते मरुत्तेश्वरसन्निधो । तत्र स्नात्वा तमर्च्येशं महदैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

maruttatīrthaṃ tatprāṃte marutteśvarasannidho | tatra snātvā tamarcyeśaṃ mahadaiśvaryamāpnuyāt

Translation

اس کی سرحد پر مروت تیرتھ ہے، مروتیشور کے قریب۔ وہاں اشنان کرکے اور اس پروردگار کی پوجا کرکے انسان عظیم دولت و اَیشوریہ اور اقتدار پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• marutta-tīrtham: Marutta-tīrtha
• marutta-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marutta (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मरुत्तस्य तीर्थम्)

• tat-prānte: at its border/nearby
• tat-prānte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य प्रान्ते = at its edge)

• marutta-īśvara-sannidhau: in the presence of Marutteśvara
• marutta-īśvara-sannidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marutta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मरुत्तेश्वरस्य सन्निधौ)

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

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), 'having bathed'

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• arcya-īśam: the Lord worthy of worship
• arcya-īśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arcya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √arc 'to worship' + यत्) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (अर्च्यः ईशः)

• mahat-aiśvaryam: great lordship/prosperity
• mahat-aiśvaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महद् ऐश्वर्यम्)

• āpnuyāt: may attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Marutta-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small tīrtha pool/river-edge at the margin of a ghāṭa; nearby stands Marutteśvara liṅga shrine with fluttering flags; the pilgrim bathes, then offers bilva and lamp; a symbolic ‘royal parasol’ or treasure motif appears to indicate aiśvarya.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Marutta-tīrtha
• Marutteśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) is completed by devotion (arcana); together they are said to grant both worldly well-being and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Marutta-tīrtha near the deity Marutteśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Marutta-tīrtha and worship (arcana) Marutteśvara.