Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यत्किंचिच्छुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् । क्रियते तन्नृपश्रेष्ठ सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yatkiṃcicchubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham | kriyate tannṛpaśreṣṭha sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha, o bester der Könige, was immer getan wird—günstig oder ungünstig—alles wird in seiner Frucht um eine Koṭi vervielfacht.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक अव्यय (indefinite particle: something/anything)

• śubham: auspicious (act/thing)
• śubham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (yat/kiṃcit) विशेष्य

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional: if)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• aśubham: inauspicious (act/thing)
• aśubham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• kriyate: is done
• kriyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; पूर्वोक्तस्य निर्देशः

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpaśreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nṛpāṇāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ)

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• koṭiguṇam: a crore-fold
• koṭiguṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭiguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (koṭyā guṇam / koṭi-guṇa) विशेषण (sarvam)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpashreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic depiction of a tīrtha as a cosmic scale: offerings and misdeeds both weigh heavier, with a radiant aura over the riverbank shrine indicating koṭi-fold consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭīśvara Tīrtha
• Karma (acts)
• Śubha/Aśubha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At highly charged sacred places, actions carry amplified consequences—therefore one should act with heightened purity and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭīśvara Tīrtha (Koṭitīrtha) on the southern bank of the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is mandated; the verse prescribes ethical vigilance because all deeds there become koṭi-fold in effect.