Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा चैत्रे मासि समाचरेत् । दद्याच्च लवणं विप्रे पूज्य सौभाग्यसुन्दरीम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā caitre māsi samācaret | dadyācca lavaṇaṃ vipre pūjya saubhāgyasundarīm

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha soll, wer badet und im Monat Caitra die Observanz rechtmäßig vollzieht, einem Brāhmaṇa Salz als Gabe spenden und Saubhāgyasundarī verehren.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; place-adverb

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

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive)

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मासनाम), सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समाचरेत्: should perform/observe
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• लवणम्: salt
• लवणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विप्रे: to a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• पूज्य: worthy of worship
• पूज्य: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत्/ण्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्य/ण्यत्-अर्थक कृदन्त (gerundive) used as adjective; (स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन-सम्बन्धः) ‘to be worshipped’

• सौभाग्यसुन्दरीम्: Saubhāgya-sundarī (a goddess/auspicious beauty)
• सौभाग्यसुन्दरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘the beautiful (goddess) of good fortune’

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara) (continuing tīrtha instructions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha-tīrtha (Saubhāgyasundarī-upāsanā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caitra-time riverside: devotee completes snāna, offers a small bowl of salt as dāna to a brāhmaṇa, then worships Saubhāgyasundarī with flowers and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra māsa
• Saubhāgyasundarī
• Brāhmaṇa (vipra)
• Tīrtha (Bhṛgu context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time, place, and offering together shape dharma—seasonal observance at a tīrtha, joined with dāna and Devī-pūjā, brings auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhṛgu-region tīrtha where Saubhāgyasundarī is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Caitra: bathe at the tīrtha, give salt to a brāhmaṇa, and worship Saubhāgyasundarī.