Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

इह लोके परे चैव नात्र कार्या विचारणा । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन गन्धवस्त्रादिभूषणैः

Transliteration

iha loke pare caiva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | tasmātsarvaprayatnena gandhavastrādibhūṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

In dieser Welt und auch in der jenseitigen besteht kein Anlass zu Zweifel oder Erwägung darüber. Darum soll man mit allem Eifer, mit Wohlgerüchen, Gewändern und Schmuck—

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• परे: in the other (world)
• परे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'लोके')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here/in this matter')

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective to 'विचारणा')

• विचारणा: deliberation/inquiry
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभूत-तृतीया/पञ्चमी-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थक-अव्यय (therefore/from that reason)

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

• गन्धवस्त्रादिभूषणैः: with perfumes, clothes, and other ornaments
• गन्धवस्त्रादिभूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + वस्त्र + आदि + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; समासः (गन्ध-वस्त्र-आदि-भूषण) = 'perfumes, garments, etc. as ornaments'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā) carita-śravaṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A decorated kathā-maṇḍapa on the Narmadā’s bank: the vācaka seated on a vyāsapīṭha with palm-leaf/śāstra, listeners offering perfumes, folded garments, and ornaments in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa offers certainty: devotional honoring of the sacred teaching yields benefit both here and hereafter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā/Revā tradition is upheld as reliably fruitful across worldly and post-worldly realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To worship with full effort using offerings such as fragrance, cloth, and ornaments (continued into the next verse).