Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

इह लोके परे चैव नात्र कार्या विचारणा । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन गन्धवस्त्रादिभूषणैः

Transliteration

iha loke pare caiva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | tasmātsarvaprayatnena gandhavastrādibhūṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

En ce monde et dans l’au-delà également, il n’est nul besoin de doute ni de délibération à ce sujet. C’est pourquoi, de tout son effort, avec parfums, vêtements et ornements—

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• परे: in the other (world)
• परे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'लोके')

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here/in this matter')

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective to 'विचारणा')

• विचारणा: deliberation/inquiry
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभूत-तृतीया/पञ्चमी-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थक-अव्यय (therefore/from that reason)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• गन्धवस्त्रादिभूषणैः: with perfumes, clothes, and other ornaments
• गन्धवस्त्रादिभूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + वस्त्र + आदि + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; समासः (गन्ध-वस्त्र-आदि-भूषण) = 'perfumes, garments, etc. as ornaments'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā) carita-śravaṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A decorated kathā-maṇḍapa on the Narmadā’s bank: the vācaka seated on a vyāsapīṭha with palm-leaf/śāstra, listeners offering perfumes, folded garments, and ornaments in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa offers certainty: devotional honoring of the sacred teaching yields benefit both here and hereafter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā/Revā tradition is upheld as reliably fruitful across worldly and post-worldly realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To worship with full effort using offerings such as fragrance, cloth, and ornaments (continued into the next verse).