Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एवं कृते ततस्तस्य यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम् । तत्ते सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा देवेन भाषितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte tatastasya yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam | tatte sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā devena bhāṣitam

Translation

Cuando esto se ha cumplido, el mérito (puṇya) que se declara que de ello nace—te lo expondré todo, tal como fue pronunciado por el Señor.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus/in this manner’)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे लोके ‘कृते’ (locative absolute sense: ‘when done’)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (indeclinable: ‘then/from that’)

• तस्य: of that (person/thing)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक (genitive singular: ‘of him/that’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (relative pronoun agreeing with ‘पुण्यम्’: ‘which’)

• पुण्यम्: merit, pious result
• पुण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; here as कर्म (object) of ‘समुदाहृतम्’ (that which has been declared)

• समुदाहृतम्: has been proclaimed
• समुदाहृतम्: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उद्+आ+हृ (धातु) → समुदाहृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(has been) proclaimed/declared’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘that’ (object of ‘प्रवक्ष्यामि’)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘तत्’ (all of it)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain/tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (indeclinable: ‘as/according to how’)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश in passive context (‘by the god’)

• भाषितम्: spoken
• भाषितम्: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु) → भाषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘spoken’ (qualifying the content)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator solemnly promises to recount the merit exactly as spoken by the Lord; listeners sit in attentive assembly, with a river-tīrtha hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (unspecified Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma is presented through reliable transmission: the fruits of righteous acts are taught as divine instruction passed through sages.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context continues from earlier verses; this line focuses on announcing the forthcoming puṇya-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite—this verse transitions to describing the results (phala) of the previously prescribed acts.