Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यश्चैत्पठते नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय चोत्तमम् अग्नितीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

yaścaitpaṭhate nityaṃ prātarutthāya cottamam agnitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

凡人若每日清晨起身，恒常诵读这至上的阿耆尼圣渡（Agnitīrtha）功德赞（Māhātmya），便能解脱一切罪业。

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एत्: this
• एत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘इदम्’ अर्थे; पाठ्य-वस्तु (object)

• पठते: recites/reads
• पठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नित्यम्: daily
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्वे कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (in the morning)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (एतत्/माहात्म्यम् इत्यर्थे)

• अग्नितीर्थस्य: of Agni-tīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (पठते)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; अपादान/हेतु-भाव (from/by)

Speaker

Pulastya (phalaśruti style conclusion; speaker not restated but consistent with the chapter’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee rises at dawn, seated facing east with a palm-leaf manuscript, reciting the Agnitīrtha-māhātmya; in the distance a sacred water-spot glows with a subtle fire-aura, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular remembrance and recitation of a tīrtha’s Māhātmya is itself a purifying discipline that supports dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily morning recitation (paṭhana) of the Agnitīrtha Māhātmya.