Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यामासमुद्रायां महाभोगपतिर्भवेत् । धनधान्यसमायुक्तो दाता भवति धार्मिकः

Transliteration

pṛthivyāmāsamudrāyāṃ mahābhogapatirbhavet | dhanadhānyasamāyukto dātā bhavati dhārmikaḥ

Translation

ഈ പുണ്യകർമ്മത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്തിൽ അവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ സമുദ്രപരിധിവരെ മഹാഭോഗങ്ങളുടെ അധിപനാകും; ധനധാന്യസമ്പന്നനായി, ദാനശീലനായി, ധർമ്മനിഷ്ഠനായി മാറും.

Word by Word

• pṛthivyām: on earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ā-samudrāyām: up to the ocean (ocean-bounded)
• ā-samudrāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-भाव) + samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘आ-समुद्र’ इति सीमावाचक-विशेषणम् (up to the ocean)

• mahā-bhoga-patiḥ: lord of great enjoyments/prosperity
• mahā-bhoga-patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dhana-dhānya-samāyuktaḥ: endowed with wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, सम्-√yuj धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (धन-धान्य) + तत्पुरुषः (समायुक्तः)

• dātā: a giver/donor
• dātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dā धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dhārmikaḥ: righteous
• dhārmikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दाता)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s vow at the river is followed by a symbolic vision of abundance: granaries full, fields golden, and the devotee distributing gifts—showing prosperity transmuted into dharmic giving.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-related merit ripens as prosperity joined with generosity and dharmic conduct, not mere enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha connected with abhiṣeka/snānā; the verse speaks of its worldly and moral fruits within the Revā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied rite is tīrtha-sevana culminating in abhiṣeka/snānā, whose fruit is described as wealth, grain, and dharmic generosity.