Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवं कृतस्य तस्याथ तस्मिंस्तीर्थे विशेषतः । यत्पुण्यं फलमुद्दिष्टं तत्ते सर्वं वदाम्यहम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtasya tasyātha tasmiṃstīrthe viśeṣataḥ | yatpuṇyaṃ phalamuddiṣṭaṃ tatte sarvaṃ vadāmyaham

Translation

Ainsi, au sujet de cet acte accompli—tout particulièrement en ce tīrtha—je vais maintenant te dire en entier le fruit méritoire (puṇya-phala) qui en a été proclamé.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• कृतस्य: of (one) who has done/performed
• कृतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) (gen. sg.)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun; gen. sg.)

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रस्तावक-अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (pronoun; loc. sg.)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun; nom. sg.)

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neut. nom. sg.)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. nom. sg.)

• उद्दिष्टम्: declared, stated
• उद्दिष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) (neut. nom. sg.)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (demonstrative; here nom. sg.)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dat. sg.)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neut. acc. sg. agreeing with ‘तत्’)

• वदामि: I tell
• वदामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन (1st sg. pres.)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (1st pers. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a royal listener in Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator-sage/Skanda figure gestures as if beginning a formal proclamation of merits; listeners sit attentively near the riverbank shrine.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places intensify the spiritual fruit of dharmic acts; the text emphasizes confidently hearing and trusting the declared tīrtha-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) is being praised, though the name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named here; it introduces the forthcoming statement of the tīrtha’s promised spiritual results.