Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणं तु यः कुर्यात्तस्य पापं तु नश्यति । अरोगी सप्तजन्मानि भवेद्वै नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasya pāpaṃ tu naśyati | arogī saptajanmāni bhavedvai nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

જે પ્રદક્ષિણા કરે છે તેના પાપ નાશ પામે છે. તે સાત જન્મ સુધી નિરોગી રહે છે—એમાં સંશય નથી।

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/but)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should do/performs
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अरोगी: free from disease
• अरोगी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (healthy, free from disease)

• सप्त-जन्मानि: seven births
• सप्त-जन्मानि: Karma (Extent/परिमाण-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण (for seven births)

• भवेत्: would be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: continuing narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya-tīrtha (Revā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs pradakṣiṇā around the shrine; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve; the devotee is shown radiant and healthy, implying seven-birth ārogya.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional circumambulation is presented as a direct purifier that destroys pāpa and strengthens auspicious karmic destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) and praises tīrtha-based devotion through pradakṣiṇā, though the exact spot is not named in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) as an act of bhakti, implying regular practice at a sacred locus.