Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा दत्त्वा द्विजातिभ्यो दानानि विविधानि च । तत्क्षणात्सुपापस्तु गतस्तद्वैष्णवं पदम्

Transliteration

snātvā dattvā dvijātibhyo dānāni vividhāni ca | tatkṣaṇātsupāpastu gatastadvaiṣṇavaṃ padam

Translation

Après s’être baigné et avoir offert aux dvijas des dons variés, même un pécheur accablé, à l’instant même, atteint l’état vaiṣṇava, la demeure suprême de Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bathed’

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having given’

• द्विजातिभ्यः: to the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजातिभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (द्वि + जाति), पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), बहुवचन

• दानानि: gifts
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (दानानि)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (तत् + क्षणात्), पञ्चमी-रूपेण अव्ययवत्; ‘immediately’

• सुपापः: the great sinner
• सुपापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु + पापः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• गतः: went/attained
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (he has gone)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (पदम्)

• वैष्णवम्: of Viṣṇu
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (पदम्)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely Māhātmya narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (or archetypal sinner) bathes in the river; immediately after gifting to brahmins, a radiant Vaikuṇṭha-like vision opens—symbolizing instant ascent to the Vaiṣṇava state.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Vaiṣṇava padam
• dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere purification through tīrtha-bathing and generous charity can rapidly transform even a sinner and lead toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā region—associated with the river Narmadā—within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) followed by dāna (various charitable gifts) to dvijas (Brahmins).