Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा दत्त्वा यथान्यायं तत्रापि सुकृती भवेत् । तत्र देवगणाः सर्वे सकिन्नरमहोरगाः

Transliteration

snātvā dattvā yathānyāyaṃ tatrāpi sukṛtī bhavet | tatra devagaṇāḥ sarve sakinnaramahoragāḥ

Translation

Having bathed and offered gifts there according to proper rule, one becomes endowed with merit. There all the hosts of the gods are present, along with the Kinnaras and the great serpents.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action), धातु: स्ना (to bathe)

• दत्त्वा: having given (donated)
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया, धातु: दा (to give)

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to proper rule
• यथा-न्यायम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः: विधिपूर्वकं/न्यायानुसारम् (according to rule)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• सुकृती: meritorious; one with good deeds
• सुकृती: Karta (Subject complement with भवेत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण (one possessing merit)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• देव-गणाः: groups of gods
• देव-गणाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying देवगणाः)

• स-किन्नर-महोरगाः: along with Kinnaras and great serpents
• स-किन्नर-महोरगाः: Karta (Apposition to देवगणाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थे ‘सह’) + किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक) + महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-सम्बन्धः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सह किन्नरैः महोरगैश्च’ इत्यर्थे (including Kinnaras and great serpents)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara-tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Pandava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Narmadā ford at dawn; pilgrims complete ritual bathing and offer gifts; in the sky and riverine liminal space appear devas, kinnaras with vīṇās, and nāgas rising from the waters, witnessing the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Devagaṇa
• Kinnara
• Mahoraga (Nāga)
• Snāna
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit arises from combining tīrtha-bathing with righteous charity performed in a dharmic manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśalyā tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) region, depicted as a gathering place of divine beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charity) should be done yathānyāya—according to proper ritual and ethical norms.