Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावद्वै दिवि तारकः । तावत्तदक्षयं दानं रेवाकुम्भेश्वरान्तिके

Transliteration

yāvaccandraśca sūryaśca yāvadvai divi tārakaḥ | tāvattadakṣayaṃ dānaṃ revākumbheśvarāntike

Translation

Aussi longtemps que dureront la lune et le soleil, et aussi longtemps que les étoiles demeureront au ciel, aussi longtemps cette aumône devient impérissable lorsqu’elle est offerte près de Revā–Kumbheśvara.

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (परिमाण/काल-पर्यन्त)

• candraḥ: the moon
• candraḥ: Karta (in clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sūryaḥ: the sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (in clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (पर्यन्त)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• divi: in the sky
• divi: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (Vedic/poetic form of dyauḥ/ दिव्)

• tārakaḥ: the star
• tārakaḥ: Karta (in clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tāvat: so long / that long
• tāvat: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (तावत्) answering yāvat

• tat: that (gift/merit)
• tat: Karta (of implied ‘(bhavati)’ with akṣayam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Karta-predicate (qualifier of tat/dānam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक; अ + क्षय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (अक्षय = ‘non-decaying’)

• dānam: gift/charity
• dānam: Karta (subject; apposition with tat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• revākumbheśvarāntike: near Kumbheśvara at the Revā (Narmadā)
• revākumbheśvarāntike: Adhikarana (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: revā-kumbheśvara-antika (प्रातिपदिक; रेवा + कुम्भेश्वर + अन्तिक)
• Form: Locative adverbial (सप्तमी-एकवचनान्तिके used adverbially); multi-member तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः कुम्भेश्वरस्य अन्तिके = ‘near Kumbheśvara on the Revā’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Kumbheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims offer gifts beside the Narmadā near Kumbheśvara; above them sun, moon, and a canopy of stars symbolize the promised duration of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Kumbheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) magnifies dāna, making its spiritual fruit enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Kumbheśvara, a sacred Śaiva site associated with the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving charity (dāna) specifically ‘near Revā–Kumbheśvara’ is praised as yielding akṣaya (imperishable) merit.