Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

प्लावयिष्यति तोयेन यदा शङ्खं करे स्थितम् । तदा पर्वशतोद्युक्तं वैष्णवं पर्वसंज्ञितम्

Transliteration

plāvayiṣyati toyena yadā śaṅkhaṃ kare sthitam | tadā parvaśatodyuktaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ parvasaṃjñitam

Translation

«Lorsqu’elle submergera d’eau la conque (śaṅkha) qui repose dans la main, alors cette occasion sera proclamée observance sacrée vaiṣṇava, un événement égal à cent fêtes saintes.»

Word by Word

• प्लावयिष्यति: will flood, will cause to overflow
• प्लावयिष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: लृट् (future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) ‘प्लावयति’

• तोयेन: with water
• तोयेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla (Temporal marker/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक): ‘यदा…तदा’

• शङ्खम्: conch
• शङ्खम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• करे: in the hand
• करे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्थितम्: placed, situated
• स्थितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण ‘शङ्खम्’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Temporal marker/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/अन्वय): ‘तस्मिन् काले’

• पर्वशतोद्युक्तम्: activated by a hundred (kinds of) rites/occasions
• पर्वशतोद्युक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वशत + उद्युक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (सन्दर्भे विशेष्यं ‘वैष्णवम्’); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘उद्युक्त’ (PPP) = ‘set in motion/engaged’; तत्पुरुष (पर्वशते उद्युक्तम्)

• वैष्णवम्: the Vaiṣṇava (festival/observance)
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्य (that which is called)

• पर्वसंज्ञितम्: called ‘Parva’
• पर्वसंज्ञितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्व + संज्ञित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘संज्ञित’ (PPP) = ‘named/called’; तत्पुरुष (पर्व इति संज्ञितम्)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaiṣṇava Parva at Revā (defined by śaṅkha-inundation sign)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A swollen river inundates the conch held in the Lord’s hand—this visible sign proclaims a great Vaiṣṇava parva, ‘equal to a hundred festivals.’

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when linked to a divine symbol (the conch of Viṣṇu), turning a natural event into a dharmic festival (parvan).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkhoddhāra-tīrtha, identified through the conch (śaṅkha) motif that gives the place its name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of the Vaiṣṇava parvan at the time the conch is inundated—implying special snāna and worship on that occasion.