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

কিন্তু হে নৃপ, কৃতযুগত সেই (তীৰ্থসমূহ) প্ৰত্যক্ষ হৈ উঠে। ধৰ্মবুদ্ধিত সদায় যুক্ত সকলো মানুহে সিহঁতক নিৰন্তৰ দৰ্শন কৰে।

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.