Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यावत्पुण्यं फलं संख्या दीपकानां तथैव च । तावद्युगसहस्राणि शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

yāvatpuṇyaṃ phalaṃ saṃkhyā dīpakānāṃ tathaiva ca | tāvadyugasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

Selon la mesure du mérite et le nombre de lampes offertes, durant autant de milliers de yuga le dévot est honoré et glorifié dans le monde de Śiva.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as much as
• यावत्: विशेषण (Correlative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम/परिमाणवाचक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular) — correlating with 'तावत्'

• पुण्यम्: meritorious
• पुण्यम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• संख्या: number/measure
• संख्या: सम्बन्ध/विशेषणभाव (Appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular) — apposition/measure with 'फलम्'

• दीपकानाम्: of the lamps
• दीपकानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तावत्: that many
• तावत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (सर्वनाम/परिमाणवाचक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — qualifying 'युगसहस्राणि'

• युगसहस्राणि: thousands of yugas
• युगसहस्राणि: कर्म/परिमाण (Extent as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (युगानां सहस्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — extent/duration

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular)

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: विधेय क्रिया (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु) [आत्मनेपद]
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन (3rd person singular); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः — 'is honored/glorified'

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: countless lamps offered at the river ghat transform into celestial lights; the devotee is welcomed in Śiva-loka, honored for yuga-thousands, with attendants and radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple offering like a lamp, when done at a sacred Śaiva tīrtha with devotion, yields vast and enduring merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna—offering lamps as a pious act whose merit is praised.