Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ममाद्य दिवसो धन्यो यस्मादत्र समागतः । अस्थीनि भूमौ निक्षिप्य स्नानं कृत्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

mamādya divaso dhanyo yasmādatra samāgataḥ | asthīni bhūmau nikṣipya snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi

Translation

„Gesegnet ist mir dieser Tag, denn ich bin hierher gelangt.“ Er legte die Gebeine auf die Erde und vollzog dann das rituelle Bad nach der vorgeschriebenen Ordnung.

Word by Word

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

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (today)

• दिवसः: day
• दिवसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धन्यः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• यस्मात्: because of which/whom
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (here)

• समागतः: has come, arrived
• समागतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (आगतः)

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• निक्षिप्य: having placed/laid down
• निक्षिप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• यथा-विधि: according to rule, duly
• यथा-विधि: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (यथाविधि = विधिना यथा); अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the riverbank, the king reverently places bones on the ground (asthi) and prepares for a ritual bath: removing ornaments, taking water in hands for saṅkalpa, stepping into the river with composed devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (implicit)
• Asthi (relics/bones)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha-visit becomes fruitful when joined with disciplined rite—reverence, purity, and correct procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathāvidhi snāna (ritual bathing) and the placing/handling of asthi (relics) as part of a sacred rite.