Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थफलं तत्र प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः । चैत्रमासत्रयोदश्यां शुक्लपक्षे जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tatra prāpyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | caitramāsatrayodaśyāṃ śuklapakṣe jitendriyaḥ

Translation

There, the fruit of all tīrthas is obtained—of this there is no doubt. On the thirteenth lunar day in the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra, with the senses restrained,

Word by Word

• सर्व-तीर्थ-फलम्: the fruit of all pilgrimage places
• सर्व-तीर्थ-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: सर्वतीर्थ (तत्पुरुष 'of all tīrthas') + फल (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

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

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• न: no/not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चैत्र-मास-त्रयोदश्याम्: on the thirteenth (lunar day) of the month of Caitra
• चैत्र-मास-त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः: चैत्रमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'month of Caitra') + त्रयोदशी (सप्तमी: 'on the 13th')

• शुक्ल-पक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्ल-पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'bright fortnight'

• जित-इन्द्रियः: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• जित-इन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) 'जित' + कर्म-तत्पुरुष: इन्द्रियाणि जितानि येन = 'one whose senses are conquered'

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (context continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanada-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on Narmadā’s south bank holding a lunar calendar/astral marker; the sky shows the bright fortnight moon; the pilgrim practices restraint (simple clothing, calm posture) as the tīrtha radiates a mandala labeled ‘sarva-tīrtha-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra
• Trayodaśī
• Dhanada-tīrtha (implied)
• Narmadā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right place plus right time plus self-restraint multiplies spiritual merit; discipline (jitendriyatā) is essential to tirtha-fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tirtha described in context—Dhanada-tīrtha on the Narmadā—said to bestow ‘sarva-tīrtha-phala’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance on Caitra month, bright fortnight, Trayodaśī, with controlled senses.