Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

षोडषीवाजपेयातिरात्राप्तोर्यामोदशवाजपेयाः । सर्वभूतेषु क्षान्तिरनसूया शौचमङ्गलमकार्पण्यमस्पृहेति

Transliteration

ṣoḍaṣīvājapeyātirātrāptoryāmodaśavājapeyāḥ | sarvabhūteṣu kṣāntiranasūyā śaucamaṅgalamakārpaṇyamaspṛheti

Translation

Sont aussi comptés le Ṣoḍaśī, le Vājapeya, l’Atirātra, l’Āptoryāma, ainsi que les rites Oḍaśa et Vājapeya. Et voici les vertus : patience envers tous les êtres, absence de malveillance, pureté, conduite de bon augure, générosité (sans mesquinerie) et absence de convoitise.

Word by Word

• ṣoḍaśī-vājapeya-atirātra-āptoryāma-udaśa-vājapeyāḥ: the (sacrifices) Ṣoḍaśī, Vājapeya, Atirātra, Āptoryāma, Udaśa, and Vājapeya
• ṣoḍaśī-vājapeya-atirātra-āptoryāma-udaśa-vājapeyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣoḍaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + vājapeya (प्रातिपदिक) + atirātra (प्रातिपदिक) + āptoryāma (प्रातिपदिक) + udaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vājapeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थः (list of sacrifices)

• sarva-bhūteṣu: in all beings
• sarva-bhūteṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (in/among)

• kṣāntiḥ: forbearance
• kṣāntiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• anasūyā: non-envy (absence of fault-finding)
• anasūyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anasūyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śaucam: purity
• śaucam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śauca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• maṅgalam: auspiciousness
• maṅgalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• akārpaṇyam: non-miserliness (generosity)
• akārpaṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + kārpaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषभावः (negated abstract)

• aspṛhā: non-covetousness
• aspṛhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + spṛhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समासभावः

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative/end-marker)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a sage enumerates great śrauta sacrifices and then points to embodied virtues—patience, purity, generosity—shown as personified attendants around a sacred riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• All beings (sarva-bhūta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual excellence must be joined with moral excellence—patience, purity, generosity, and freedom from envy complete dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context is sacred geography around Revā (Narmadā), but this verse itself emphasizes yajña-names and universal virtues.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It names advanced Soma sacrifices (ṣoḍaśī, vājapeya, atirātra, āptoryāma) and prescribes ethical disciplines like kṣānti and śauca.