Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यस्तत्तीर्थं समासाद्य त्यजतीह कलेवरम् । स गतो वारुणं लोकमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

yastattīrthaṃ samāsādya tyajatīha kalevaram | sa gato vāruṇaṃ lokamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

Quiconque atteint ce gué sacré et y dépose son corps, s’en va au monde de Varuṇa. Ainsi parla Śaṅkara.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

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

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having approached’

• त्यजति: abandons
• त्यजति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वय-सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• गतः: has gone
• गतः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• वारुणम्: of Varuṇa
• वारुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (explicit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā ford)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim reaches a Narmadā ford; Śaṅkara’s voice pronounces the fruit: departure of the body at the tīrtha leads to Varuṇa’s realm. River, ghāṭa steps, and a subtle vision of Varuṇa-loka beyond waters.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Varuṇa
• vāruṇa-loka
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents tīrthas as power-centers where the end of life can confer elevated posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A named/previously described tīrtha within Revākhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 34 (Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No daily rite is prescribed; the verse states the phala (result) of relinquishing the body at the tīrtha.