Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इन्द्रत्वं प्राप्यते तेन भास्करस्याथवा पदम् । स्नात्वा परमया भक्त्या दानं दद्याद्द्विजातये

Transliteration

indratvaṃ prāpyate tena bhāskarasyāthavā padam | snātvā paramayā bhaktyā dānaṃ dadyāddvijātaye

Translation

Par ce mérite, on obtient la dignité d’Indra, voire la demeure de Bhāskara, le Soleil. Après s’être baigné avec une dévotion suprême, qu’on fasse un don de charité à un dvija (brāhmaṇa).

Word by Word

• इन्द्रत्वम्: the status of Indra
• इन्द्रत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indratva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• प्राप्यते: is attained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp + pra (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Present Indicative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; Passive)

• तेन: by that (act)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular); सर्वनाम

• भास्करस्य: of the Sun
• भास्करस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular); विशेषणम् (भक्त्या)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• दानम्: a gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada)

• द्विजातये: to a twice-born (brāhmaṇa etc.)
• द्विजातये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Prabhāseśa vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes a sacred bath, offers respectful dāna to a brāhmaṇa, while symbolic visions of Indra’s throne and the Sun’s orb appear as promised fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Dvijāti (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing followed by charity purifies merit and elevates the soul toward divine stations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-region as praised in the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna with deep bhakti and then give dāna to a dvijāti (Brāhmaṇa).