Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

गीयते त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वपापक्षयंकरम् । तत्र गत्वा च यो मर्त्यो विधिना संयतेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

gīyate triṣu lokeṣu sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram | tatra gatvā ca yo martyo vidhinā saṃyatendriyaḥ

Translation

Il est chanté dans les trois mondes comme ce qui anéantit tous les péchés. Et tout mortel qui s’y rend, maîtrisant ses sens et selon le rite prescrit—

Word by Word

• गीयते: is sung/praised
• गीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine) (लोक-शब्दानुसार), सप्तमी (locative), बहुवचन (plural); संख्याविशेषणम्

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्व-पाप-क्षयम्-करम्: causing the destruction of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-क्षयम्-करम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास; विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• संयत-इन्द्रियः: one whose senses are restrained
• संयत-इन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-यम् धातु) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषसमास; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approaching a revered river-ford; a disciplined devotee with controlled senses stands with folded hands, while celestial beings symbolically ‘sing’ the tīrtha’s fame across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with self-restraint and proper observance; then it becomes a means for pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha, an eminent tīrtha associated with the Revā/Narmadā tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going to the tīrtha with sense-control (saṃyata-indriya) and following vidhī (proper procedure).