Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवं गुणविशिष्टं हि तत्तीर्थं नृपसत्तम । तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं शृणुष्वैकमना नृप

Transliteration

evaṃ guṇaviśiṣṭaṃ hi tattīrthaṃ nṛpasattama | tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa

Translation

En vérité, ô meilleur des rois, ce tīrtha est doté de qualités si exceptionnelles. Maintenant, ô roi, écoute d’un esprit recueilli la grandeur de ce lieu saint.

Word by Word

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• गुणविशिष्टम्: distinguished by qualities
• गुणविशिष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण + विशिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (गुणैः विशिष्टम्); विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; अवधारण/हेतौ)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एकमना: with single-minded attention
• एकमना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (एकं मनः यस्य); विशेषणम् (त्वम्/नृप)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; transition into tīrtha-māhātmya discourse (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa / nṛpasattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator gestures toward the river-tīrtha while addressing the king; the background shows the sacred ford with subtle signs of sanctity; the composition emphasizes listening and transmission.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attentive listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that prepares the mind for pilgrimage and right practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The featured tīrtha of Revākhaṇḍa Adhyāya 220 (contextually linked to Loṭaṇeśvara/Avakragamana and Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa: listening with focused attention to the māhātmya (glory) of the tīrtha.