Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सर्वदानोपवासेषु सर्वतीर्थावगाहने । तत्फलं मम तोयेन जायतामिति शंकर

Transliteration

sarvadānopavāseṣu sarvatīrthāvagāhane | tatphalaṃ mama toyena jāyatāmiti śaṃkara

Translation

Bei allen Gaben und Fasten und beim Bad in allen heiligen Tīrthas, o Śaṅkara: der gleiche Lohn all dessen möge durch meine Wasser hervorgehen.

Word by Word

• सर्व-दान-उपवासेषु: in all gifts and fasts
• सर्व-दान-उपवासेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दान + उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (दान-उपवासयोः), अधिकरण

• सर्व-तीर्थ-अवगाहने: in bathing at all sacred fords
• सर्व-तीर्थ-अवगाहने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/प्रथमा (7/1) एकवचन; सन्दर्भतः सप्तमी (in the bathing at all tīrthas)

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तोयेन: by water
• तोयेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• जायताम्: may it arise/come to be
• जायताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणवाचक-अव्यय (quotative)

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Narmadā (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-jala (waters of Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revā asks Śaṅkara: ‘May the fruit of all charities, fasts, and all tīrtha-bathings arise through my waters.’ Show pilgrims: one giving alms, one fasting with folded hands, one bathing—unified by the river’s luminous flow.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-mahātmyā is the power of sacred presence—Narmadā seeks to embody the merits of dāna, upavāsa, and tīrtha-snāna for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā River is praised as a supreme tīrtha whose waters confer pan-tīrtha merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (avagāhana/snāna) in sacred waters is implied as a merit-giving act, equated here with all tīrtha bathings.