Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एवं कृते ततस्तस्य यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम् । तत्ते सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा देवेन भाषितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte tatastasya yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam | tatte sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā devena bhāṣitam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ചെയ്താൽ, അതിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നതായി പ്രസ്താവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യം മുഴുവനും, ദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെ ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറയും।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus/in this manner’)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे लोके ‘कृते’ (locative absolute sense: ‘when done’)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (indeclinable: ‘then/from that’)

• तस्य: of that (person/thing)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक (genitive singular: ‘of him/that’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (relative pronoun agreeing with ‘पुण्यम्’: ‘which’)

• पुण्यम्: merit, pious result
• पुण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; here as कर्म (object) of ‘समुदाहृतम्’ (that which has been declared)

• समुदाहृतम्: has been proclaimed
• समुदाहृतम्: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उद्+आ+हृ (धातु) → समुदाहृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(has been) proclaimed/declared’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘that’ (object of ‘प्रवक्ष्यामि’)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘तत्’ (all of it)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain/tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (indeclinable: ‘as/according to how’)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश in passive context (‘by the god’)

• भाषितम्: spoken
• भाषितम्: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु) → भाषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘spoken’ (qualifying the content)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator solemnly promises to recount the merit exactly as spoken by the Lord; listeners sit in attentive assembly, with a river-tīrtha hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (unspecified Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma is presented through reliable transmission: the fruits of righteous acts are taught as divine instruction passed through sages.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context continues from earlier verses; this line focuses on announcing the forthcoming puṇya-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite—this verse transitions to describing the results (phala) of the previously prescribed acts.