Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा हयमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

En ce tīrtha, celui qui s’y baigne obtient le mérite, le fruit même de l’Aśvamedha, le sacrifice du cheval.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• tīrthe: at the tīrtha
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) → snātvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया ‘having bathed’

• haya-medha-phalam: the fruit of the Aśvamedha
• haya-medha-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haya (प्रातिपदिक) + medha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hayamedhasya phalam)

• labhet: may obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narration; likely the ongoing Purāṇic narrator within the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatīrtha (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into the Narmadā at sunrise, offering water to the sun; a symbolic horse and sacrificial paraphernalia appear faintly as a visual metaphor for Aśvamedha-equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Hayamedha (Aśvamedha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single act of reverent bathing at a sanctified tīrtha can yield extraordinary merit, comparable to major Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā river pilgrimage landscape) is being praised, though the exact name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna—ritual bathing at the tīrtha.