Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

प्राणिनामुपकाराय रोगाणामुपशान्तये । पापानां ध्वंसनार्थाय श्रेयसां चैव वृद्धये

Transliteration

prāṇināmupakārāya rogāṇāmupaśāntaye | pāpānāṃ dhvaṃsanārthāya śreyasāṃ caiva vṛddhaye

Translation

—zum Nutzen der Lebewesen, zur Besänftigung der Krankheiten, zur Vernichtung der Sünden und zur Mehrung heilsamen Wohlergehens.

Word by Word

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Beneficiary group/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• उपकाराय: for help/benefit
• उपकाराय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• रोगाणाम्: of diseases
• रोगाणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उपशान्तये: for pacification/cessation
• उपशान्तये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ध्वंसनार्थाय: for the purpose of destruction
• ध्वंसनार्थाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वंसन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ध्वंसनस्य अर्थः), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• श्रेयसाम्: of welfare/auspiciousness
• श्रेयसाम्: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic)

• वृद्धये: for increase
• वृद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (continuing Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa Śaiva tīrtha (unnamed in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A declarative phala-śruti style line: the deity’s staying is ‘for the benefit of beings’—visualize pilgrims bathing, the sick finding relief, and a radiant shrine dispelling darkness and sin.

Characters & Entities

• Living beings (prāṇin)
• Disease (roga)
• Sin (pāpa)
• Welfare (śreyas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas and divine presence are upheld as instruments for public welfare—healing, purification, and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefits are tied to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s featured tīrtha context in Adhyāya 176, associated with Devakhāta/ Piṅgaleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it states the general tīrtha-phala (results) of the sacred establishment.