Shloka 68 - Adhyaya 47 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Chinese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

स्नात्वांगारक तीर्थे तु भवेद्भूयो न गर्भभाक् । अंगारवारयुक्तायां चतुर्थ्यां स्नाति यो नरः । व्याधिभिर्नाभि भूयेत न च दुःखी कदाचन

Transliteration

snātvāṃgāraka tīrthe tu bhavedbhūyo na garbhabhāk | aṃgāravārayuktāyāṃ caturthyāṃ snāti yo naraḥ | vyādhibhirnābhi bhūyeta na ca duḥkhī kadācana

Translation

在“安伽罗迦圣渡”沐浴者，不再受再生之缚。若有人于逢周二（Aṅgāravāra，火星日）的月相第四日（caturthī）在此沐浴，则不为疾病所侵，亦永不为忧苦所困。

Word by Word

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

अङ्गारकAṅgāraka (name)

तीर्थेin the tīrtha

तुindeed/but

भवेत्would become

भूयःagain

नnot

गर्भभाक्one who takes (another) womb; reborn

अङ्गारवारयुक्तायाम्on (the day) connected with Aṅgāra-vāra (Tuesday)

चतुर्थ्याम्on the fourth lunar day

स्नातिbathes

यःwho

नरःman

व्याधिभिःby diseases

नnot

अभिover/afflicting

भूयेतwould become / befall

नnot

चand

दुःखीunhappy

कदाचनever/at any time

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgāraka Tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at dawn on a Tuesday-caturthī; priests mark the calendar; offerings of red flowers (Mars-associated) and lamps; the water surface reflects a reddish-gold hue; the devotee emerges serene and unburdened.

Characters & Entities

Kāśī

Aṅgāraka Tīrtha

Aṅgāravāra (Tuesday)

Caturthī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and weekday) combined with sacred place intensifies merit, leading to freedom from rebirth and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgāraka Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at Aṅgāraka Tīrtha specifically on Tuesday that coincides with Caturthī.