Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यत्र गौर्दृश्यते राजन् सर्वतीर्थानि तत्र हि । तत्र पर्व विजानीयान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

yatra gaurdṛśyate rājan sarvatīrthāni tatra hi | tatra parva vijānīyānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

حيثما تُرى البقرة، أيها الملك، فهناك حقًّا تحضر جميع التيـرثات المقدّسة. فاعلم ذلك الموضع «بارفا»؛ عبادةٌ ومناسبةٌ مقدّسة، ولا حاجة إلى مزيد من التروّي.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गौः: cow
• गौः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

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

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (all + sacred-fords)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle of emphasis/indeed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पर्व: a sacred occasion/festival day
• पर्व: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• विजानीयात्: one should know/recognize
• विजानीयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Avyaya (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Karta (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• विचारणा: deliberation/inquiry
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing the King (explicit: rājan)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (contextually Uttānapāda in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is instructed by Īśvara/Śiva: wherever a cow is seen, that spot shines as a confluence of all sacred fords; the landscape suggests a riverbank hermitage with grazing cows and pilgrims pausing in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• gauḥ (cow)
• tīrtha
• parva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cow is a mobile embodiment of sacredness; reverence to her is treated as contact with all tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single named site; the verse universalizes tīrtha-presence wherever the cow is honored.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Treat the place of encountering a cow as a parva-worthy sacred moment, implying reverence and auspicious conduct.