Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यावत्पुण्यं फलं संख्या दीपकानां तथैव च । तावद्युगसहस्राणि शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

yāvatpuṇyaṃ phalaṃ saṃkhyā dīpakānāṃ tathaiva ca | tāvadyugasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

જેટલું પુણ્યફળ અને જેટલા દીપકોની સંખ્યા હોય, તેટલા સહસ્ર યુગો સુધી તે શિવલોકમાં મહિમાવંત થાય છે।

Word by Word

• यावत्: as much as
• यावत्: विशेषण (Correlative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम/परिमाणवाचक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular) — correlating with 'तावत्'

• पुण्यम्: meritorious
• पुण्यम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• संख्या: number/measure
• संख्या: सम्बन्ध/विशेषणभाव (Appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular) — apposition/measure with 'फलम्'

• दीपकानाम्: of the lamps
• दीपकानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तावत्: that many
• तावत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (सर्वनाम/परिमाणवाचक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — qualifying 'युगसहस्राणि'

• युगसहस्राणि: thousands of yugas
• युगसहस्राणि: कर्म/परिमाण (Extent as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (युगानां सहस्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — extent/duration

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular)

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: विधेय क्रिया (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु) [आत्मनेपद]
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन (3rd person singular); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः — 'is honored/glorified'

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: countless lamps offered at the river ghat transform into celestial lights; the devotee is welcomed in Śiva-loka, honored for yuga-thousands, with attendants and radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple offering like a lamp, when done at a sacred Śaiva tīrtha with devotion, yields vast and enduring merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna—offering lamps as a pious act whose merit is praised.