Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सर्वं प्रयाणकं गृह्य ह्यारूढौ लवणोदधिम् । तौ गत्वा तु परं भाण्डं विक्रीय पुरतस्तदा

Transliteration

sarvaṃ prayāṇakaṃ gṛhya hyārūḍhau lavaṇodadhim | tau gatvā tu paraṃ bhāṇḍaṃ vikrīya puratastadā

Translation

Ayant pris toutes les provisions du voyage, tous deux montèrent sur l’océan salé. Parvenus à la terre d’au-delà, ils vendirent alors leurs marchandises dans la cité qui se dressait devant eux.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयाणकम् विशेषयति

• प्रयाणकम्: travel provisions, equipment for the journey
• प्रयाणकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गृह्य: having taken
• गृह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive; = गृहीत्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• आरूढौ: having boarded, mounted
• आरूढौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; तौ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• लवणोदधिम्: the salt ocean, sea
• लवणोदधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• परम्: other, further
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; भाण्डम् विशेषयति

• भाण्डम्: goods, merchandise
• भाण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विक्रीय: having sold
• विक्रीय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-क्रि (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive; = विक्रीत्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पुरतः: in front, ahead
• पुरतः: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) frame (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Boarding a ship with bundles and provisions; then a second vignette of selling goods in a bustling foreign city market with different architecture and attire.

Characters & Entities

• lavaṇodadhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly enterprise and profit-seeking travel are portrayed as morally neutral; dharma or adharma arises from how one later acts with trust and wealth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this line; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu associated with the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes travel preparations and selling goods.