Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यद्दानं स्नानं देवार्चनं नृप । तत्सर्वमक्षयं तस्य इत्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaddānaṃ snānaṃ devārcanaṃ nṛpa | tatsarvamakṣayaṃ tasya ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

O König, welche Gabe, rituelle Waschung und Verehrung der Götter auch immer an jenem heiligen Tīrtha vollzogen wird—Śaṅkara erklärte, dass all dies für den Handelnden unvergänglich wird, an unerschöpflichem Verdienst.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb of place

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — neuter, locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular (relative pronoun)

• दानम्: gift/charity
• दानम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• देवार्चनम्: worship of the gods
• देवार्चनम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘देवानाम् अर्चनम्’

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — masculine vocative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; ‘all/entire’

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेषण-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; नञ्-समास ‘not perishing’

• तस्य: for him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक) — quotative particle

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — adverb ‘thus/in this way’

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/आओरिस्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — aorist, 3rd singular ‘said/spoke’

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (as in adhyāya 142)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa / king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as Śaṅkara (Śiva) declares the rule: offerings, bathing, and worship at the tīrtha become imperishable; scenes show pilgrims bathing, giving alms, and performing pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• tīrtha
• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions aligned with dharma—dāna, snāna, and worship—gain heightened and lasting spiritual fruit when performed at a sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A revered tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape, as described in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity), snāna (holy bathing), and devārcana (worship/offerings to deities) at the tīrtha are recommended.