Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तिलास्तत्र च यत्संख्याः पत्रपुष्पफलानि च । तावत्स्वर्गपुरे राजन्मोदते कालमीप्सितम्

Transliteration

tilāstatra ca yatsaṃkhyāḥ patrapuṣpaphalāni ca | tāvatsvargapure rājanmodate kālamīpsitam

Translation

Ô Roi, autant il y a là de graines de sésame, et autant de feuilles, de fleurs et de fruits offerts, d’autant de temps il se réjouit dans la cité du ciel, jouissant de la durée désirée.

Word by Word

• तिलाः: sesame seeds
• तिलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘there/in that rite’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (सङ्ख्याः)

• सङ्ख्याः: numbers/counts
• सङ्ख्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पत्रपुष्पफलानि: leaves, flowers, and fruits
• पत्रपुष्पफलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तावत्: for that many (as many as)
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: ‘so much/for that many’)

• स्वर्गपुरे: in the city of heaven
• स्वर्गपुरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—स्वर्गस्य पुरम्

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप् (धातु) (desiderative: ईप्स्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कालम्)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a ṛṣi/narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan / nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic vision: sesame seeds and offered flowers transform into luminous ‘units’ of merit, forming a pathway to a radiant Svarga city where the devotee is welcomed and enjoys celestial pleasures.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit (puṇya) accrues in proportion to sincere sacred offerings, yielding heavenly joy for a commensurate duration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) and functions as a general phala-śruti tied to the immediately surrounding tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering/counting of tila (sesame) and offerings of leaves, flowers, and fruits—implying pūjā/upacāra whose merit is described.