Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे जितक्रोधश्चचार विपुलं तपः । दुश्चरं मौनमास्थाय ह्यशक्यं देवदानवैः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe jitakrodhaścacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ | duścaraṃ maunamāsthāya hyaśakyaṃ devadānavaiḥ

Translation

At that tīrtha, having conquered anger, he undertook abundant austerity; adopting a rigorous vow of silence—an observance impossible even for gods and Dānavas.

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (क्रोधः जितः यस्य सः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्ता)

• चचार: performed/practised
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: abundant, great
• विपुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दुश्चरम्: hard to practise
• दुश्चरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (दुष् + चरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (मौनम्)

• मौनम्: silence (vow of silence)
• मौनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having undertaken
• आस्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having undertaken/observed’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• अशक्यम्: impossible (to do)
• अशक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + शक्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शक् (धातु) से ‘शक्य’ (यत्/तव्यत्-भाव), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (मौनम्)

• देवदानवैः: by gods and demons
• देवदानवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (देवाश्च दानवाश्च), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a quiet riverbank, Janārdana sits in deep tapas, eyes lowered, hand in jñāna-mudrā; the atmosphere is hushed, as if even devas and dānavas cannot match this vow of silence.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Tīrtha (Mahāpātaka-nāśana context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner discipline—especially conquering anger—empowers tapas; vows like silence are praised as potent means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha introduced in Adhyāya 110 as Mahāpātaka-nāśana, near Cakratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) and mauna-vrata (vow of silence), grounded in jitakrodha (mastery over anger).