Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

धनवान्दानशीलश्च नीरोगो लोकपूजितः । पुनः स्मरति तत्तीर्थं गमनं कुरुते पुनः

Transliteration

dhanavāndānaśīlaśca nīrogo lokapūjitaḥ | punaḥ smarati tattīrthaṃ gamanaṃ kurute punaḥ

Translation

Il devient riche, porté à la charité, exempt de maladie et honoré des gens. De nouveau il se souvient de ce tīrtha sacré, et de nouveau il entreprend le pèlerinage vers lui.

Word by Word

• धनवान्: wealthy
• धनवान्: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दानशीलः: of charitable disposition
• दानशीलः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान-शील (प्रातिपदिक; दान + शील)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• नीरोगः: healthy, free from disease
• नीरोगः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकपूजितः: honoured by people
• लोकपूजितः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); लोक + पूजित
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb of repetition)

• स्मरति: remembers
• स्मरति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma-visheshana (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'तीर्थम्')

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गमनम्: going, journey
• गमनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गमन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाववाचक कृदन्त (Action noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुरुते: does, undertakes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb of repetition)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (remembered and revisited)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa / Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reborn householder—healthy and prosperous—distributes alms, then gazes toward the river route, remembering the tīrtha and setting out again with a small caravan.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit refines life—bringing prosperity and generosity—and also creates a lasting pull toward repeated pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘that tīrtha’ within the Revā-khaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred circuit) of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage itself is implied as a repeated practice—returning again to the tīrtha after remembering it.