Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यद्दानं स्नानं देवार्चनं नृप । तत्सर्वमक्षयं तस्य इत्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaddānaṃ snānaṃ devārcanaṃ nṛpa | tatsarvamakṣayaṃ tasya ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ, ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ചെയ്യുന്ന ദാനം, സ്നാനം, ദേവാരാധന—ഇവ എല്ലാം കർത്താവിന് അക്ഷയഫലമാകുന്നു എന്ന് ശങ്കരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb of place

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — neuter, locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular (relative pronoun)

• दानम्: gift/charity
• दानम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• देवार्चनम्: worship of the gods
• देवार्चनम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘देवानाम् अर्चनम्’

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — masculine vocative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; ‘all/entire’

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेषण-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; नञ्-समास ‘not perishing’

• तस्य: for him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक) — quotative particle

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — adverb ‘thus/in this way’

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/आओरिस्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — aorist, 3rd singular ‘said/spoke’

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (as in adhyāya 142)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa / king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as Śaṅkara (Śiva) declares the rule: offerings, bathing, and worship at the tīrtha become imperishable; scenes show pilgrims bathing, giving alms, and performing pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• tīrtha
• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions aligned with dharma—dāna, snāna, and worship—gain heightened and lasting spiritual fruit when performed at a sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A revered tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape, as described in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity), snāna (holy bathing), and devārcana (worship/offerings to deities) at the tīrtha are recommended.