Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थफलं तत्र प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः । चैत्रमासत्रयोदश्यां शुक्लपक्षे जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tatra prāpyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | caitramāsatrayodaśyāṃ śuklapakṣe jitendriyaḥ

Translation

তাত সকলো তীৰ্থৰ ফল লাভ হয়—ইয়াত সন্দেহ নাই। চৈত্র মাহৰ শুক্ল পক্ষৰ ত্ৰয়োদশীত, ইন্দ্ৰিয় সংযম কৰি,

Word by Word

• सर्व-तीर्थ-फलम्: the fruit of all pilgrimage places
• सर्व-तीर्थ-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: सर्वतीर्थ (तत्पुरुष 'of all tīrthas') + फल (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

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

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• न: no/not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चैत्र-मास-त्रयोदश्याम्: on the thirteenth (lunar day) of the month of Caitra
• चैत्र-मास-त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः: चैत्रमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'month of Caitra') + त्रयोदशी (सप्तमी: 'on the 13th')

• शुक्ल-पक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्ल-पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'bright fortnight'

• जित-इन्द्रियः: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• जित-इन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) 'जित' + कर्म-तत्पुरुष: इन्द्रियाणि जितानि येन = 'one whose senses are conquered'

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (context continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanada-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on Narmadā’s south bank holding a lunar calendar/astral marker; the sky shows the bright fortnight moon; the pilgrim practices restraint (simple clothing, calm posture) as the tīrtha radiates a mandala labeled ‘sarva-tīrtha-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra
• Trayodaśī
• Dhanada-tīrtha (implied)
• Narmadā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right place plus right time plus self-restraint multiplies spiritual merit; discipline (jitendriyatā) is essential to tirtha-fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tirtha described in context—Dhanada-tīrtha on the Narmadā—said to bestow ‘sarva-tīrtha-phala’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance on Caitra month, bright fortnight, Trayodaśī, with controlled senses.