Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

परं कृतयुगे तानि यान्ति प्रत्यक्षतां नृप । पश्यन्ति मानवाः सर्वे सततं धर्मबुद्धयः

Transliteration

paraṃ kṛtayuge tāni yānti pratyakṣatāṃ nṛpa | paśyanti mānavāḥ sarve satataṃ dharmabuddhayaḥ

Translation

ولكن في عصر كريتا يوغا، أيها الملك، تصير تلك (التيرثات) ظاهرةً عيانًا. ويرى الناس جميعًا، على الدوام ذوي عقلٍ قائمٍ على الدharma، تلك المواضع باستمرار.

Word by Word

• param: later, thereafter
• param: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगेण अव्ययवत् (adverbial use: afterwards/then; lit. ‘further’)

• kṛta-yuge: in the Kṛta Yuga
• kṛta-yuge: Adhikarana (Location/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः ‘कृतं युगम्’

• tāni: those (things)
• tāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Active), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pratyakṣatām: direct perceptibility, being seen
• pratyakṣatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyakṣatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• paśyanti: see
• paśyanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Active), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘मानवाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• satatam: always
• satatam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: always/continually)

• dharma-buddhayaḥ: those whose mind is on dharma
• dharma-buddhayaḥ: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः ‘धर्मे बुद्धिर्येषाम्’

Speaker

Vāyu (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrthas (pratyakṣa in Kṛta Yuga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary scene: in Kṛta Yuga the riverbanks glow; hidden tīrthas appear as luminous shrines and self-manifest lingas; people with serene faces perceive them effortlessly, suggesting a world saturated with dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛta Yuga
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual perception depends on yuga and purity: in the most dharmic age, sacred realities are naturally visible to all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrthas of the Revā/Narmadā region in general, whose glory is said to be fully manifest in Kṛta Yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes cultivating dharma-buddhi (a dharmic disposition) as the basis for ‘seeing’ tīrtha truth.