Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 195

Devanagari script

तत्सर्वं मण्डले त्याज्यं सिद्ध्यर्थं चात्मनस्तदा । प्रणम्य भास्करं पश्चादाचार्यं रुद्ररूपिणम्

Transliteration

tatsarvaṃ maṇḍale tyājyaṃ siddhyarthaṃ cātmanastadā | praṇamya bhāskaraṃ paścādācāryaṃ rudrarūpiṇam

Translation

അപ്പോൾ സ്വന്തം സിദ്ധിക്കായി അതെല്ലാം മണ്ഡലത്തിൽ സമർപ്പിക്കണം. ഭാസ്കരനെ (സൂര്യനെ) പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത് ശേഷം രുദ്രരൂപനായ ആചാര്യനെ നമസ്കരിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg)

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg)

• maṇḍale: in the circle/diagram (maṇḍala)
• maṇḍale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• tyājyam: to be abandoned/left
• tyājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyaj (धातु) + -ya (कृत्)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्/ण्यत्-भाव), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (gerundive: ‘to be abandoned’)

• siddhyartham: for the sake of success/accomplishment
• siddhyartham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-सम्बन्धः: ‘सिद्ध्यर्थम्’ = सिद्धेः/सिद्ध्यै अर्थः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (accusative of purpose)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ātmanaḥ: of oneself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• praṇamya: having bowed (saluted)
• praṇamya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘प्रणम्य’

• bhāskaram: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• bhāskaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (adverb: afterwards)

• ācāryam: the teacher
• ācāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• rudra-rūpiṇam: having the form of Rudra
• rudra-rūpiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘रुद्रस्य रूपी’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ācāryam)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (within Revākhaṇḍa context)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) (explicitly addressed later in the same passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river-confluence maṇḍala: offerings arranged within a circular diagram; he bows first to the radiant Sun in the sky, then to a seated ācārya with Rudra-like ascetic marks.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Rudra
• Ācārya
• Maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to Sūrya and the Guru—seen as Rudra—anchors ritual power in devotion and right relationship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape, where such rites are taught as especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Depositing offerings in a maṇḍala and performing praṇāma first to the Sun and then to the ācārya.