Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 197

Devanagari script

उपानहौ च यानं च स भवेद्दुःखवर्जितः । भास्करे क्रीडते लोके यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

upānahau ca yānaṃ ca sa bhavedduḥkhavarjitaḥ | bhāskare krīḍate loke yāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

Et, ayant offert des chaussures et un moyen de transport, il devient exempt de peine ; il se réjouit dans le monde de Bhāskara, le Soleil, jusqu’à la dissolution cosmique.

Word by Word

• upānahau: a pair of sandals/shoes
• upānahau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upānah (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), द्विवचन (accusative dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yānam: vehicle
• yānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• bhavet: would be/should become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• duḥkha-varjitaḥ: free from sorrow
• duḥkha-varjitaḥ: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (√vṛj/varj धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्वितीया/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘दुःखं वर्जितः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle)

• bhāskare: in/with Bhāskara (Sun)
• bhāskare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• krīḍate: plays/sports
• krīḍate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• yāvat: until, as long as
• yāvat: Kāla (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• ābhūta-samplavam: until the cosmic dissolution
• ābhūta-samplavam: Kāla (Time extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābhūta (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सम्बद्ध) + samplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (‘आभूत’ = यावत्-भूत/पर्यन्त-भावः) + सम्प्लव; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कालावधि-अर्थे (accusative of extent)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim presents sandals and a small cart/palanquin token to a brāhmaṇa or needy traveler; above, Bhāskara’s radiant orb suggests the promised Sūrya-loka, with the river confluence shimmering below.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Practical compassion through dāna yields both worldly relief from suffering and exalted posthumous reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context, where dāna is said to grant extraordinary fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving sandals and a conveyance as charity as part of the rite’s concluding gifts.