Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सर्वदानैश्च यत्पुण्यं प्राप्नुयान्नात्र संशयः । सहस्रगुणितं सर्वं नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

sarvadānaiśca yatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuyānnātra saṃśayaḥ | sahasraguṇitaṃ sarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Das Verdienst, das man durch alle Gaben der Wohltätigkeit erlangen würde, wird hier ohne Zweifel erlangt. Alles wird tausendfach vermehrt; darüber ist nicht weiter zu erwägen.

Word by Word

• सर्वदानैः: by/with all gifts (charities)
• सर्वदानैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-दान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां दानानाम्)

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

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सहस्रगुणितम्: multiplied a thousandfold
• सहस्रगुणितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-गुणित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रेण गुणितम्)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कार्यā: to be done/necessary
• कार्यā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• विचारणा: consideration/deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Narmadā ford offers dāna to brāhmaṇas; the river glows as if multiplying the offering’s merit a thousandfold, with subtle divine witnesses in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇya
• Dāna
• Sahasra-guṇa (thousandfold)
• Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places intensify righteous acts; charity performed there yields extraordinarily magnified merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā tīrtha being praised in this Adhyāya of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General dāna at the tīrtha, with the teaching that its fruit is amplified (sahasraguṇita).