Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र शुभं वा यादि वाशुभम् । इह लोके परे चैव तत्सर्वं जायतेऽक्षयम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu rājendra śubhaṃ vā yādi vāśubham | iha loke pare caiva tatsarvaṃ jāyate'kṣayam

Translation

يا سيّد الملوك، في ذلك التيرثا—سواء أتى المرء عملاً مباركاً أو عملاً غير مبارك—فإن عاقبته في هذا العالم وفي العالم الآخر تصير دائمة لا تفنى.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc sg)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः = king among kings); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (voc sg)

• शुभम्: good (deed/result)
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (nom/acc sg)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-सम्बन्धी-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-निपात (or)

• अशुभम्: evil (deed/result)
• अशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ- (नञ्) + शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (nom/acc sg)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc sg)

• परे: in the other (world)
• परे: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc sg)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• जायते: becomes; comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg): becomes/arises

• अक्षयम्: imperishable; inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Kriya (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- (नञ्) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya addressing the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Skanda-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lord of kings (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king stands at the ghat contemplating the weight of actions; on one side auspicious rites glow, on the other shadowy misdeeds loom—both shown as leaving lasting imprints across worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Rājendra (the King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places intensify karma; therefore one must act with heightened purity and restraint at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha under discussion—Skanda-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse warns that deeds at the tīrtha carry imperishable results.