Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वेदाभ्यसनशीलं हि सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् । तीर्थे चात्र भवेद्देवि सन्निधानवरेण तु

Transliteration

vedābhyasanaśīlaṃ hi sarvaśāstraviśāradam | tīrthe cātra bhaveddevi sannidhānavareṇa tu

Translation

«بل امنحيني (ابنًا) مواظبًا على تلاوة الفيدا، بارعًا في جميع الشاسترا؛ ويا إلهة، وبنعمة حضورك المقدّس، فليكن لكِ أيضًا في هذا التيرثا مقامٌ دائم.»

Word by Word

• वेद-अभ्यसन-शीलम्: having the habit of studying the Vedas
• वेद-अभ्यसन-शीलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदानाम् अभ्यसनं शीलं यस्य)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारदम्: skilled in all scriptures
• सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु विशारदः)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• भवेत्: may there be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सन्निधान-वरेण: by the boon of (your) presence
• सन्निधान-वरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सन्निधानरूपः वरः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष-निपात (but/indeed)

Speaker

Parāśara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-sannidhāna-tīrtha on Revā (requested)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parāśara requests a Veda-studious, śāstra-adept son; simultaneously he petitions Devī to remain manifest at the tīrtha—visualize manuscripts, students, and a nascent shrine by the river.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Veda
• Śāstra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True blessing includes both inner cultivation (Veda-śāstra learning) and outer sanctification (divine presence making a place a living tīrtha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha on the Revā/Narmadā is being established as sacred through Devī’s promised sannidhāna (abiding presence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the verse frames the theological basis for tīrtha-power—divine presence as the source of sanctity.