Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

संजाता सर्वकालं तु वल्लभा नृपसत्तम । तत्र तीर्थे तु या नारी नरो वा स्नानि भक्तितः

Transliteration

saṃjātā sarvakālaṃ tu vallabhā nṛpasattama | tatra tīrthe tu yā nārī naro vā snāni bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Sie wurde für alle Zeiten geliebt, o Bester der Könige. Und an jenem Tīrtha: welche Frau oder welcher Mann auch immer sich dort in Hingabe badet…

Word by Word

• संजाता: born, become
• संजाता: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + jan (सम् उपसर्ग + जन् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वकालम्: for all time
• सर्वकालम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + kāla (सर्व प्रातिपदिक + काल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मप्रवचनीय-प्रायः कालाधिकरणार्थे (accusative of duration: 'for all time')

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'indeed/but')

• वल्लभा: beloved
• वल्लभा: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vallabhā (वल्लभ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (dear)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + sattama (नृप प्रातिपदिक + सत्तम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपाणां सत्तमः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• तीर्थे: in the holy place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (तीर्थ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• या: who (a woman)
• या: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः/या-सम्बन्ध

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (नारी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• स्नानि: you bathe / one bathes
• स्नानि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; पाठभेद/रूपभेद सम्भाव्यः: 'स्नासि/स्नाति' इत्यर्थे

• भक्तितः: with devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'from/with devotion'

Speaker

Narrator (addressing the king; Purāṇic discourse frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rohiṇī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims—women and men—approach the river ghat and bathe with folded hands, offering water (arghya) in devotion; the tīrtha’s blessing is depicted as a gentle aura.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Rohiṇī (implied)
• King (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional engagement with a sanctified tīrtha is presented as a cause of enduring auspiciousness in one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha established in the Rohiṇī narrative—known as Rohiṇī Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha with devotion (bhakti).