Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

स पूतश्च भवेत्साक्षात्सबाह्याभ्यन्तरो नृप । न कस्यचिन्मया ख्यातं पृष्टोऽहं त्रिदशैरपि

Transliteration

sa pūtaśca bhavetsākṣātsabāhyābhyantaro nṛpa | na kasyacinmayā khyātaṃ pṛṣṭo'haṃ tridaśairapi

Translation

সে তৎক্ষণাৎ পবিত্র হয়—বাহিরে ও অন্তরে, হে রাজন। এ কথা আমি কাউকে প্রকাশ করিনি, দেবতারা জিজ্ঞাসা করলেও।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त; √पू ‘to purify’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly
• साक्षात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: directly/manifestly)

• स-बाह्य-अभ्यन्तरः: (pure) outwardly and inwardly
• स-बाह्य-अभ्यन्तरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (बाह्यः च अभ्यन्तरः च) ‘both outward and inward’

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

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• कस्यचित्: to anyone’s
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite: of anyone)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥/Instrument (Agent ‘by me’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• ख्यातम्: made known
• ख्यातम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicate (with implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या ‘to make known’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (of implied passive: ‘having been asked’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृष्ट (कृदन्त; √पृच्छ् ‘to ask’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods
• त्रिदशैः: Kartr̥/Instrument (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृ (by the gods)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक निपात (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (a revealer of a ‘secret tīrtha’ speaking to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses the king: the devotee is shown becoming radiant, with a subtle aura indicating inner purification; in the background, devas appear as petitioners, emphasizing that the secret was not revealed even to them.

Characters & Entities

• Tridaśa (Devas)
• Śūlabheda (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-phala is holistic—purifying both conduct and consciousness—and sacred knowledge is to be shared with worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha (by immediate context of the preceding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of trikāla remembrance; the verse emphasizes the resulting purification.