Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अंगारतीर्थं तत्रैव अंगारेश्वरसन्निधौ । तत्रांगार चतुर्थ्यां नु स्नात्वा निष्पापतामियात्

Transliteration

aṃgāratīrthaṃ tatraiva aṃgāreśvarasannidhau | tatrāṃgāra caturthyāṃ nu snātvā niṣpāpatāmiyāt

Translation

وہیں انگار تیرتھ ہے، انگاریشور کے قرب میں۔ انگار چتُرتھی کے دن وہاں اشنان کرنے سے انسان گناہوں سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अंगारतीर्थम्: the Aṅgāra sacred ford
• अंगारतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगार-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘अंगारस्य तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• अंगारेश्वरसन्निधौ: in the vicinity of Aṅgāreśvara
• अंगारेश्वरसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगार-ईश्वर-सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘अंगारेश्वरस्य सन्निधौ’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

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

• अंगारचतुर्थ्याम्: on Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday fourth lunar day)
• अंगारचतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगार-चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘अंगारस्य चतुर्थी’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मङ्गल/अंगारक-चतुर्थी)

• नु: indeed/then
• नु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/confirmatory particle)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘स्ना’ धातोः—स्नात्वा = having bathed

• निष्पापताम्: sinlessness
• निष्पापताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पापता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• इयात्: would attain
• इयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘या’ = to go/attain

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgāra-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-group in purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn bathes in a small sacred pool/ghat labeled Aṅgāra-tīrtha; nearby stands Aṅgāreśvara liṅga shrine with lamps and bilva leaves; priests mark foreheads with ash; the atmosphere suggests Mars-associated austerity and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Aṅgāra-tīrtha
• Aṅgāreśvara
• Aṅgāra-caturthī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links sacred time and sacred place: bathing on a specified tithi at a specified tīrtha is said to intensify purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgāra-tīrtha near Aṅgāreśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Aṅgāra-tīrtha specifically on Aṅgāra-caturthī.