Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे हि यत्किंचिद्दीयते नृपसत्तम । तदक्षयफलं सर्वं जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe hi yatkiṃciddīyate nṛpasattama | tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

O best of kings, whatever gift is given at that tīrtha yields imperishable fruit in every respect—of this there is no doubt.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-viśeṣaṇa (Locative adverb/देशविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (emphatic particle)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• किंचित्: anything, something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object of giving/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक (indefinite)

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: Kriyā (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive: is given)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Addressee/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; नृपाणां सत्तमः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वय (correlative: that)

• अक्षयफलम्: imperishable fruit/result
• अक्षयफलम्: Karta (Subject of 'जायते'/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय-फल (प्रातिपदिक; अक्षयं फलम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire, all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'अक्षयफलम्' इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जायते: arises, becomes
• जायते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे (comes to be/arises)

• न: no, not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Deśa-viśeṣaṇa (Locative adverb/देशविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject of implied 'अस्ति'/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; 'न' इति निषेधेन सह (there is no doubt)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karmadī Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-ghāṭa, a king or pilgrim offers gifts to brāhmaṇas and the needy before a Gaṇeśa shrine; the merit is shown as an unending stream of light or an inexhaustible vessel (akṣaya-pātra motif).

Characters & Entities

• Karmadī Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed at a sanctified place is amplified, becoming ‘akṣaya’—a lasting, non-diminishing merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karmadī Tīrtha in the Revākhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 123).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (giving/charity) at the tīrtha, with emphasis that any offering there becomes imperishable in merit.