Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

तदक्षयफलं सर्वं शुक्लतीर्थे नृपोत्तम । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं यद्दृष्टं यच्च वै श्रुतम्

Transliteration

tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ śuklatīrthe nṛpottama | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ yacca vai śrutam

Translation

ഹേ നൃപോത്തമ, ശുക്ലതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ അതെല്ലാം അക്ഷയഫലം നൽകുന്നു; കണ്ടതും നിശ്ചയമായി കേട്ടതും—എല്ലാം ഞാൻ നിനക്കു പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative (correlative to यत्)

• अक्षयफलम्: imperishable fruit/result
• अक्षयफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (अक्षयं फलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• शुक्लतीर्थे: at/in Śukla-tīrtha
• शुक्लतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (शुक्लं तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (नृपेषु उत्तमः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; enclitic ‘to you/for you’

• कथितम्: told; narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘told’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• दृष्टम्: (what was) seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘what was seen’

• यत्: and whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• श्रुतम्: (what was) heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘what was heard’

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing a king; speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpoत्तम (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding teaching scene: a sage-like narrator addressing a king, with Śuklatīrtha symbolized by a bright riverbank shrine; a subtle radiance signifies ‘akṣaya-phala’ as an unending stream of light.

Characters & Entities

• Śuklatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha intensifies merit: acts of dharma performed in a sanctified place can become akṣaya—imperishable in result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha is explicitly praised as the place where the fruits become akṣaya (undiminishing).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the teaching that dāna performed with faith at Śuklatīrtha yields imperishable results.