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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः कश्चित्त्यजेद्देहं विधानतः । तस्य भवति यत्पुण्यं तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप

Transliteration

tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ kaścittyajeddehaṃ vidhānataḥ | tasya bhavati yatpuṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa

Translation

En ce tīrtha, quiconque, selon l’observance prescrite, dépose son corps : écoute, ô roi, le mérite qui devient le sien.

Word by Word
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
तीर्थेat the sacred ford/place
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे (but/indeed)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
कश्चित्someone/anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)
त्यजेत्should abandon/leave
त्यजेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
देहम्the body
देहम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
विधानतःaccording to prescribed rule
विधानतः:
Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb), प्रकारे (according to rule)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative)
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
नराधिपO king (lord of men)
नराधिप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)
Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-tīrtha (Karoḍeśvara-associated)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa / nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn riverbank tīrtha: a pilgrim at the threshold of death, attendants performing prescribed rites; the Narmadā flowing, Śiva’s presence implied by liṅga and trident; the narrator addressing a king.

Characters & Entities
N
Narādhipa (king)
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

The Purāṇas present certain tīrthas as especially salvific, where proper observance at life’s end yields exalted merit.

Karoḍī Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

To follow the prescribed observance (vidhi) associated with the tīrtha, especially in end-of-life context.

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