Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सर्वं प्रयाणकं गृह्य ह्यारूढौ लवणोदधिम् । तौ गत्वा तु परं भाण्डं विक्रीय पुरतस्तदा

Transliteration

sarvaṃ prayāṇakaṃ gṛhya hyārūḍhau lavaṇodadhim | tau gatvā tu paraṃ bhāṇḍaṃ vikrīya puratastadā

Translation

Sie nahmen alle Reisevorräte an sich und bestiegen den salzigen Ozean. Als sie das ferne Land erreicht hatten, verkauften sie ihre Waren in der Stadt, die vor ihnen lag.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयाणकम् विशेषयति

• प्रयाणकम्: travel provisions, equipment for the journey
• प्रयाणकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गृह्य: having taken
• गृह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive; = गृहीत्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• आरूढौ: having boarded, mounted
• आरूढौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; तौ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• लवणोदधिम्: the salt ocean, sea
• लवणोदधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

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

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

• भाण्डम्: goods, merchandise
• भाण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विक्रीय: having sold
• विक्रीय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-क्रि (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive; = विक्रीत्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पुरतः: in front, ahead
• पुरतः: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

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: Boarding a ship with bundles and provisions; then a second vignette of selling goods in a bustling foreign city market with different architecture and attire.

Characters & Entities

• lavaṇodadhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly enterprise and profit-seeking travel are portrayed as morally neutral; dharma or adharma arises from how one later acts with trust and wealth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this line; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu associated with the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes travel preparations and selling goods.