Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सर्वैश्वर्यगुणैर्युक्तः प्रजापालनतत्परः । ततः स्मरति तत्तीर्थं पुनरेवागमिष्यति

Transliteration

sarvaiśvaryaguṇairyuktaḥ prajāpālanatatparaḥ | tataḥ smarati tattīrthaṃ punarevāgamiṣyati

Translation

Doué de tous les attributs de souveraineté et de vertu, voué à la protection de ses sujets, il se souvient alors de ce gué sacré — et y retourne de nouveau.

Word by Word

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (all-)

• ऐश्वर्य: sovereignty/wealth
• ऐश्वर्य: Viśeṣya-aṅga (Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (lordship/wealth)

• गुणैः: with qualities
• गुणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• युक्तः: endowed/connected
• युक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle)

• प्रजा: subjects/people
• प्रजा: Viśeṣya-aṅga (Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (subjects/people)

• पालन: protection/governance
• पालन: Viśeṣya-aṅga (Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासमध्यपदत्वेन (protection/ruling)

• तत्परः: intent on/devoted to
• तत्परः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (devoted/intent)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्मरति: remembers
• स्मरति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)

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

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• आगमिष्यति: will come/return
• आगमिष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unnamed ford in this verse)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous king, adorned with signs of sovereignty yet humble in devotion, pauses in contemplation; the river-ford appears as a luminous memory, drawing him back toward the Revā’s banks.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Aiśvarya (sovereignty)
• Prajā (subjects)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places imprint the soul: remembrance of a tīrtha draws one back to dharma and renewed pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘that tīrtha’ refers back to Devadroṇī on the Nara-Nārāyaṇī bank mentioned just before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage-return is implied: remembering and revisiting the tīrtha is presented as the natural continuation of accrued merit.