Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा दद्याद्विप्राय कांचनम् । नाभिमात्रे जले तिष्ठन्स लभेतार्बुदं फलम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dadyādviprāya kāṃcanam | nābhimātre jale tiṣṭhansa labhetārbudaṃ phalam

Translation

An jener Tīrtha erlangt, wer badet und einem Brāhmaṇa Gold gibt—im Wasser bis zum Nabel stehend—die Frucht eines arbuda, eines gewaltigen, unzählbaren Verdienstes.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तीर्थे: in the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should give

• विप्राय: to a brāhmaṇa
• विप्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Object

• नाभिमात्रे: (in) navel-deep
• नाभिमात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाभि + मात्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘जले’; ‘up to the navel’

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तिष्ठन्: standing
• तिष्ठन्: Karta (Agent participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘standing’ (agreeing with सः/यः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Correlative pronoun

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; would obtain

• अर्बुदम्: a crore (vast amount)
• अर्बुदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; numeral sense ‘a crore/ten million’

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to अर्बुदम्

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaubera-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands navel-deep in river water holding a small gold piece in a cloth; a brāhmaṇa on the steps receives with blessing gesture; other pilgrims watch; sunlight glints on water.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (Vipra)
• Kaubera-tīrtha
• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by dāna; charity performed in a sanctified setting multiplies spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kaubera-tīrtha (within the Narmadā tīrtha-pañcaka sequence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe, stand navel-deep in the water, and give gold (kāṃcana) to a brāhmaṇa.