Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा मासमेकं निरन्तरम् । पूजयेद्भास्करं देवं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā māsamekaṃ nirantaram | pūjayedbhāskaraṃ devaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഒരു മാസം ഇടവിടാതെ ഭാസ്കരദേവനെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, അവന് ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യഫലം കേൾക്കുക.

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle (emphasis/contrast)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — having bathed

• मासम्: a month
• मासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; विशेषण of ‘मासम्’

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person singular

• भास्करम्: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; भास्करस्य विशेषणम् (appositional)

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• पुण्यफलम्: the fruit of merit
• पुण्यफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुण्यस्य फलम्)

• शृणु: hear (listen)
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person singular

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃvaura

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river-ghāṭa on Revā at sunrise; a devotee performs snāna and offers arghya to Bhāskara, maintaining a month-long vow; priests and lamps, lotuses, and a radiant solar disc above the river.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Sāṃvaura Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion (nirantara-bhakti) at a tīrtha—especially through bathing and worship—multiplies merit and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāṃvaura Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Āvantya Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous practice for one month: daily bathing at the tīrtha and worship of Bhāskara (Sūrya).