Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

यात्रा भविष्यति सदा सुराः सांवत्सरी मम । शुभप्रदा महापापराशिनाशकरी तदा

Transliteration

yātrā bhaviṣyati sadā surāḥ sāṃvatsarī mama | śubhapradā mahāpāparāśināśakarī tadā

Translation

हे देवगण! मेरी यह वार्षिक तीर्थ-यात्रा सदा होती रहेगी; यह शुभफल देने वाली है और उस समय महान पाप-राशियों का नाश करने वाली है।

Word by Word

• यात्रा: pilgrimage, procession
• यात्रा: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Kartā (co-subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• सांवत्सरी: annual
• सांवत्सरी: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांवत्सरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यात्रा)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• शुभप्रदा: bestowing auspiciousness
• शुभप्रदा: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शुभं प्रददाति इति)

• महापापराशिनाशकरी: destroying heaps of great sins
• महापापराशिनाशकरी: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापाप + राशि + नाश + करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महापापराशेः नाशं करोति इति)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then/at that time)

Speaker

Brahmā (implied from narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (annual yātrā observance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Surāḥ (gods)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine proclamation establishing an annual pilgrimage: devas assembled, the sacred landscape of Ayodhyā suggested with riverbank and shrines; the mood is solemn and auspicious, emphasizing recurring vow and sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Kārttika (implied continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sacred observances (annual yātrā) anchored in a tīrtha cultivate auspiciousness and deep purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The annual yātrā is associated with Brahmakuṇḍa in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An annual yātrā/observance is prescribed, connected to the auspicious Kārttika timing introduced in the previous verse.