Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो राजन् सूर्यग्रहणमाचरेत् । सूर्यतेजोनिभैर्यानैर्विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo rājan sūryagrahaṇamācaret | sūryatejonibhairyānairviṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ, ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സൂര്യഗ്രഹണം ആചരിക്കുന്നവൻ സൂര്യതേജസ്സിൽ നിന്നുജനിച്ച ദിവ്യവാഹനങ്ങളിൽ കൊണ്ടുപോകപ്പെടുകയും വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തിൽ മഹിമപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: at the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात) — indeclinable particle “but/indeed”

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (relative pronoun)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सूर्य-ग्रहणम्: solar eclipse observance
• सूर्य-ग्रहणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (सूर्यस्य ग्रहणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Tatpuruṣa compound; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचरेत्: should perform/observe
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• सूर्य-तेजः-निभैः: resembling the sun’s brilliance
• सूर्य-तेजः-निभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सूर्यतेजः इव निभाः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Tatpuruṣa-type compound; Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; विशेषणम् (qualifying यानैः)

• यानैः: by vehicles/chariots
• यानैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विष्णु-लोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णु-लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (विष्णोः लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored/exalted
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense) — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada, passive “is honored/glorified”

Speaker

Skanda (addressing a king, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unspecified)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solar eclipse darkens the sky over the river-ford; pilgrims stand in prayer and bathe; above, luminous sun-born vimānas appear, leading the devotee toward a radiant Viṣṇu-loka vision.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (grahaṇa) and place (tīrtha) together magnify spiritual fruit when sacred rites are performed correctly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed ‘tatra tīrtha’ within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing/performing eclipse-time religious observances (sūrya-grahaṇa-ācaraṇa) at the tīrtha.