Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

परं तीरं गमिष्याव उत्कर्षस्त्वावयोः समः । इति तौ मन्त्रयित्वा तु मन्त्रवत्समभीप्सितम्

Transliteration

paraṃ tīraṃ gamiṣyāva utkarṣastvāvayoḥ samaḥ | iti tau mantrayitvā tu mantravatsamabhīpsitam

Translation

„Lasst uns ans fernere Ufer gehen; der Gewinn sei für uns beide gleich.“ So berieten sie sich, und beide richteten ihren Sinn—wie Männer, die nach festem Plan handeln—auf das ersehnte Vorhaben.

Word by Word

• परम्: other, further
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तीरम् विशेषयति

• तीरम्: shore, bank
• तीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गमिष्याव: we two will go
• गमिष्याव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), द्विवचन

• उत्कर्षः: profit, advantage, superiority
• उत्कर्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्कर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• आवयोः: of us two
• आवयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; ‘हम्’ सर्वनामस्य द्विवचन-षष्ठी/सप्तमी रूप

• समः: equal
• समः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उत्कर्षः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन

• मन्त्रयित्वा: having consulted, having deliberated
• मन्त्रयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्रय् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• मन्त्रवत्: as if by a mantra; formally
• मन्त्रवत्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्रवत् (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (adverbial: ‘like a mantra/with due formula’)

• सम्: together, completely (prefix)
• सम्: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb)

• अभीप्सितम्: the desired (thing/plan)
• अभीप्सितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-ईप्स् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘इष्ट/वाञ्छित’ अर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) frame (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two partners clasp hands or exchange a token/seal, with a distant horizon line suggesting the ‘far shore’; a scribe or witness nearby.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when an undertaking begins with agreement and fairness, inner intention must remain dhārmic; otherwise later greed can overturn righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) setting, though this specific line focuses on the plot rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative setup describing a joint decision and journey.