Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

कल्पकोटिसहस्रेण सत्यभावात्तु वन्दितः । दुष्प्राप्योऽसि मनुष्याणां प्राप्तः किं त्यजसे हि नः

Transliteration

kalpakoṭisahasreṇa satyabhāvāttu vanditaḥ | duṣprāpyo'si manuṣyāṇāṃ prāptaḥ kiṃ tyajase hi naḥ

Translation

Vénéré durant d’innombrables crores de kalpas pour ta vérité inébranlable, tu es presque impossible à atteindre pour les humains. Maintenant que tu es venu à nous, pourquoi nous délaisserais-tu ?

Word by Word

• कल्पकोटिसहस्रेण: by (after) thousands of crores of kalpas
• कल्पकोटिसहस्रेण: Kriya-viseshana (Measure/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प-कोटि-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (गणनापद), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; परिमाण-निर्देश (by/after a thousand crores of kalpas)

• सत्यभावात्: because of true nature/truthfulness
• सत्यभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

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

• वन्दितः: praised/worshipped
• वन्दितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वन्द् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of addressed person)

• दुष्प्राप्यः: hard to obtain
• दुष्प्राप्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्-प्राप्य (प्रातिपदिक); प्राप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘दुष्टेन प्राप्यः/दुष्प्राप्यः’ (hard to obtain)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• प्राप्तः: attained/arrived
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of addressed person: ‘having been obtained/arrived’)

• किम्: why/what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• त्यजसे: do you abandon
• त्यजसे: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• नः: us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन enclitic; ‘of us/to us’

Speaker

Munis/Brāhmaṇas (addressing the Deva/Lord)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, eyes moist with devotion, praise the Lord’s truthfulness and rarity; they reach out as if to prevent departure, while the Lord stands radiant, compassionate.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Humans (Manuṣyāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s presence is rare and precious; when divine grace is obtained, one should hold to devotion and not let it slip away.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter situates the teaching in the tīrtha-context of Yodhanīpura and Balakeśava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it is a devotional appeal that supports later prescriptions like snāna, pūjā, and pradakṣiṇā.