Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

संवत्सरकृतात्पुण्यात्स बहिर्भवति श्रुतिः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तीर्थं सर्वगुणान्वितम्

Transliteration

saṃvatsarakṛtātpuṇyātsa bahirbhavati śrutiḥ | tasmātsarvaprayatnena tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam

Translation

„Die heilige Überlieferung verkündet, dass er außerhalb der Frucht des in einem Jahr erworbenen Verdienstes fällt. Darum soll man mit allem Eifer eine Tīrtha suchen, die mit allen glückverheißenden Eigenschaften ausgestattet ist.“

Word by Word

• संवत्सरकृतात्: from (merit) done in a year
• संवत्सरकृतात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; संवत्सर + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (संवत्सरे कृतम्)

• पुण्यात्: from merit
• पुण्यात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• सः: it/he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: outside)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रुतिः: scriptural statement/tradition
• श्रुतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मादर्थे अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः (indeclinable: therefore/from that reason)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + प्रयत्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• तीर्थम्: to a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वगुणान्वितम्: endowed with all virtues
• सर्वगुणान्वितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-गुण-अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + गुण + अन्वित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वैः गुणैः अन्वितम्)

Speaker

Narrative voice continuing the king–Brahmin consultation (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarva-guṇānvita tīrtha (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: the king cites tradition—without proper Kārttika tīrtha practice one is ‘outside’ the year’s merit; he urges maximum effort to reach a perfect tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• śruti (authoritative teaching)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is safeguarded and completed by aligning one’s vows with tīrtha-dharma—seeking holy places and performing prescribed acts with diligence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A general exhortation to go to a ‘sarva-guṇānvita’ tīrtha; the narrative soon identifies Bhāreśvara on the Revā’s northern bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A strong recommendation to undertake tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) with full effort as part of religious observance.