Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तेनाधीतं श्रुतं तेन तेन सर्वमनुष्ठितम् । येनौं नमः शिवायेति मन्त्राभ्यासः स्थिरीकृतः

Transliteration

tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam | yenauṃ namaḥ śivāyeti mantrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ

Translation

彼によってこそ一切の学びは真に学ばれ、彼によってこそ一切の教えは真に聞かれ、彼によってこそ諸々の儀礼は成就する――「オーム・ナマハ・シヴァーヤ」という真言の修習を堅固に打ち立てた者によって。

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (‘by him/thereby’)

• अधीतम्: studied
• अधीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP ‘studied/learned’

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP ‘heard’

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘everything’

• अनुष्ठितम्: performed
• अनुष्ठितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP ‘performed/observed’

• येन: by which/by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (‘by which/by whom’)

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Sambandha (Mantra element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणव (sacred syllable), अव्यय

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Mantra element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्रयोग/निपातवत्; indeclinable interjection used in salutations

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात; quotative ‘thus’

• मन्त्राभ्यासः: practice/repetition of the mantra
• मन्त्राभ्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मन्त्रस्य अभ्यासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• स्थिरीकृतः: made firm/established
• स्थिरीकृतः: Karma (Predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थिरी-√कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (स्थिरीकृ), भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP ‘made steady/established’

Speaker

Vyāsa (to a Pāṇḍava, i.e., Arjuna/Partha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim seated on a riverbank (Revā) repeats ‘Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya’; around him appear symbolic scrolls of Veda, sacrificial implements, and ritual fires dissolving into the mantra’s luminous syllables, indicating all rites fulfilled through steady japa.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady japa of ‘Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya’ is presented as the condensed fulfillment of study, hearing, and religious observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mantra teaching appears within Revā-kṣetra’s māhātmya in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular, stabilized mantra-abhyāsa (japa) of ‘Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya’ (pañcākṣarī with praṇava).