Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यत्र तीर्थे सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । तत्तीर्थं ब्रूहि संवर्त तिष्ठामो यत्र वै वयम्

Transliteration

yatra tīrthe sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | tattīrthaṃ brūhi saṃvarta tiṣṭhāmo yatra vai vayam

Translation

“Tell us, O Saṃvarta, which sacred tīrtha is that where a person gains the fruit of all tīrthas. Declare that tīrtha, for we wish to remain there.”

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• tīrthe: in a sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• sarva-tīrtha-phalam: the merit/fruit of all sacred places
• sarva-tīrtha-phalam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘fruit of all tīrthas’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• mānavaḥ: a man/human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tat-tīrtham: that sacred place
• tat-tīrtham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘that tīrtha’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saṃvarta: O Saṃvarta
• saṃvarta: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• tiṣṭhāmaḥ: we stay/stand
• tiṣṭhāmaḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/सम्भावना-बोधक (emphatic particle)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Group of sages/assembly (addressing Saṃvarta)

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not mere travel; the right tīrtha, approached with faith and guidance, concentrates vast merit and supports liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse asks for the name of the tīrtha that yields the fruit of all tīrthas; the specific site is not stated in the given snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A resolve to stay at (reside near) the supreme tīrtha is implied; no specific snāna, dāna, or japa is stated here.