Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सर्वं कोटिगुणं तस्य संख्यातुं वा न शक्यते । एवं ते कथितं सर्वं सर्वतीर्थमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya saṃkhyātuṃ vā na śakyate | evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ sarvatīrthamanuttamam

Translation

Dort wird alles zehnmillionenfach vermehrt, und es lässt sich nicht einmal vollständig zählen. So habe ich dir alles über dieses unvergleichliche Tīrtha gesagt, das höchste unter allen heiligen Furten.

Word by Word

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• koṭi-guṇam: multiplied a crore-fold
• koṭi-guṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘कोट्या गुणितम्’

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃkhyātum: to count
• saṃkhyātum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-khyā (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive/तुमन्त), क्रियार्थक अव्ययभाव

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• śakyate: is possible
• śakyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (Acc/Dat), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि-भाव; ‘कथितम्’ = told

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• sarva-tīrtham: the supreme/complete pilgrimage-place
• sarva-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘सर्वं (श्रेष्ठं/समस्तं) तीर्थम्’

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual conclusion of the praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes a tīrtha narration, raising a hand in assurance; behind him, symbolic imagery of countless lotuses and a ‘crore-fold’ radiance emanating from the tīrtha waters, suggesting immeasurable merit.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters in Purāṇic dharma: actions done at an exalted tīrtha become immeasurably amplified.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An ‘anuttama’ (unsurpassed) tīrtha on the Revā/Narmadā described in Adhyāya 174.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General tīrtha-dāna and worship—stating that all such acts become koṭi-guṇa (crore-fold) in result.