Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तत्र निक्षिप्यतां वारि सर्वरोगविनाशनम् । सर्वपापहरं दिव्यं सर्वैरपि सुरादिभिः

Transliteration

tatra nikṣipyatāṃ vāri sarvarogavināśanam | sarvapāpaharaṃ divyaṃ sarvairapi surādibhiḥ

Translation

«Qu’on y dépose l’eau : divine, détruisant toutes les maladies, ôtant tous les péchés ; que vous tous, à commencer par les dieux, l’y placiez».

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place): ‘there’

• निक्षिप्यताम्: let (it) be placed
• निक्षिप्यताम्: Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञार्थ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘let it be placed’

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma/Karta in passive (Patient-subject/कर्म-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; passive subject of ‘निक्षिप्यताम्’

• सर्वरोगविनाशनम्: destroying all diseases
• सर्वरोगविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्व-रोग-विनाशन = destroyer of all diseases); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘वारि’

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्व-पाप-हर = remover of all sins); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘वारि’

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘वारि’

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘सुरादिभिः’

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘also/even’

• सुरादिभिः: by the gods and others
• सुरादिभिः: Karana/Agent (Instrument/agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुर-आदि = gods and others); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas pour luminous waters into the sacred pit; the water glows with divine potency, suggesting healing and purification; Īśvara’s presence sanctifies the act.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devas
• Sacred water (vāri)
• Disease (roga)
• Sin (pāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated sacred water functions as a medium of purification and healing when established under divine command.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘khāta’ filled with tīrtha-water—Devakhāta—whose water is praised as sin-removing and disease-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deposit the collected tīrtha waters into the designated sacred reservoir to consecrate it for healing and purification.