Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अक्षयं तत्र तत्सर्वं यत्कृतं योधनीपुरे । मातरं पितरं त्यक्त्वा सर्वबन्धुसुहृज्जनान्

Transliteration

akṣayaṃ tatra tatsarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ yodhanīpure | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tyaktvā sarvabandhusuhṛjjanān

Translation

യോധനീപുരത്തിൽ ചെയ്യുന്നതെല്ലാം അക്ഷയമാകുന്നു. മാതാപിതാക്കളെയും എല്ലാ ബന്ധു-സുഹൃത്തുകളെയും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചാലും, അവിടെ ചെയ്ത കർമ്മഫലം നശിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• अक्षयम्: imperishable, inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषभावः (imperishable)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which/whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• कृतम्: done, performed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• योधनीपुरे: in Yodhanīpura
• योधनीपुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योधनीपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—योधनी + पुर (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-स्थलनाम)

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वबन्धुसुहृज्जनान्: all kinsmen, friends, and people
• सर्वबन्धुसुहृज्जनान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + बन्धु + सुहृद् + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—बन्धवः च सुहृदः च जनाः च (समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व), ‘सर्व’ उपपदपूर्वक विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (nṛpoत्तम)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Yodhanīpura performs a decisive act—offering, vow, or worship—while a symbolic ‘akṣaya’ motif appears: an unending stream of light from the altar/river, suggesting imperishable fruit despite worldly severances.

Characters & Entities

• Yodhanīpura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sanctified place can render religious acts ‘imperishable,’ highlighting the transformative power of tīrtha and sincere action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yodhanīpura, praised as a place where performed deeds become akṣaya (imperishable).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific ritual; the teaching is that any dharmic act performed at Yodhanīpura yields imperishable fruit.