Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ते पूर्णकार्याः पुरुषाः पृथिव्यां ते स्वाङ्गपाताद्भुवनं पुनन्ति । विचक्षणा विश्वविभूषणास्ते ये भक्तियुक्ता भगवत्यनन्ते

Transliteration

te pūrṇakāryāḥ puruṣāḥ pṛthivyāṃ te svāṅgapātādbhuvanaṃ punanti | vicakṣaṇā viśvavibhūṣaṇāste ye bhaktiyuktā bhagavatyanante

Translation

ഭൂമിയിൽ അവരേ കൃതാർത്ഥർ; ദേഹപാതം കൊണ്ടുപോലും ലോകത്തെ പവിത്രമാക്കുന്നു. അവർ വിവേകികളും വിശ്വഭൂഷണങ്ങളും—ഭഗവാൻ അനന്തനിൽ ഭക്തിയുക്തരായവർ.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पूर्णकार्याः: having accomplished (all) duties; fulfilled in works
• पूर्णकार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• पुरुषाः: men; persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्वाङ्गपातात्: from the falling of their own limbs/body (i.e., even by their bodily fall)
• स्वाङ्गपातात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य अङ्गस्य पातः)

• भुवनम्: the world
• भुवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुनन्ति: purify
• पुनन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pū (पूञ्/पू, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• विचक्षणाः: discerning; wise
• विचक्षणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• विश्वविभूषणाः: ornaments of the world
• विश्वविभूषणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य विभूषणम्) बहुवचन-विशेषण

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संबन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भक्तियुक्ताः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त; √yuj युज्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या युक्ताः); कृदन्तः—क्त (past participle)

• भगवति: in the Lord
• भगवति: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अनन्ते: the Infinite (Ananta)
• अनन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; भगवति इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण (as epithet)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate chapter context continuing into 150.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverbank tīrtha with saffron-clad pilgrims; a radiant, many-hooded Ananta presence implied above the waters; devotees’ bodies as ‘light’ purifying the landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Ananta
• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A life rooted in devotion becomes a blessing to the world; the devotee’s very existence purifies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is specified; the verse praises the mahātmya of devotion itself within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is described; it extols bhakti-yoga to Ananta as the highest accomplishment.