Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ततोस्ति मंगलं तीर्थं सर्वामंगलनाशनम् । तत्रावगाहनं कृत्वा भवेन्मंगलभाजनम्

Transliteration

tatosti maṃgalaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvāmaṃgalanāśanam | tatrāvagāhanaṃ kṛtvā bhavenmaṃgalabhājanam

Translation

其后有一圣渡名为“吉祥”（Maṅgala），能灭尽一切不祥。于彼处入水沐浴者，便成吉祥之器。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter/from there
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तस्मात्/ततः = thereafter, from there

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• maṅgalam: auspicious
• maṅgalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• tīrtham: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• sarvāmaṅgalanāśanam: destroyer of all inauspiciousness
• sarvāmaṅgalanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + amaṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः: सर्वेषाम् अमङ्गलानां नाशनम् = destroyer of all inauspiciousness; विशेषण

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

• avagāhanam: immersion/bathing (plunging in)
• avagāhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava√gāh (धातु) + ana (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-भाववाचक (action noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having done

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• maṅgalabhājanam: a recipient of auspiciousness
• maṅgalabhājanam: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: मङ्गलस्य भाजनम् = receptacle/recipient of auspiciousness

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgala-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps into a calm Kāśī waterbody marked as Maṅgala-tīrtha; priests hold waterpots; sunrise light suggests ‘maṅgala’; the pilgrim emerges serene, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgala Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is cultivated by approaching sacred places with faith and performing purifying acts like tīrtha-snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṅgala Tīrtha in Kāśī, praised as the remover of all inauspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāhana (immersion-bath) in the Maṅgala tīrtha.