Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

स्नाने दाने तथा श्राद्धे जागरे गीतवादिते । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य शिवलोकात्कदाचन

Transliteration

snāne dāne tathā śrāddhe jāgare gītavādite | anivartikā gatistasya śivalokātkadācana

Translation

സ്നാനം, ദാനം, ശ്രാദ്ധം, രാത്രിജാഗരണം, വാദ്യസഹിത ഭജന-കീർത്തനം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് അവന്റെ ഗതി അനിവർത്തനീയമാകുന്നു; ശിവലോകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അവൻ ഒരിക്കലും മടങ്ങിവരികയില്ല.

Word by Word

• स्नाने: in bathing; at the time of bathing
• स्नाने: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular neuter

• दाने: in giving (charity)
• दाने: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular neuter

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण

• श्राद्धे: in śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular neuter

• जागरे: in vigil; wakefulness
• जागरे: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular neuter

• गीतवादिते: in singing and instrumental music
• गीतवादिते: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत + वादित (प्रातिपदिक; √वद्/√वाद् (धातु) से क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासे ‘गीतं च वादितं च’; locative singular neuter

• अनिवर्तिका: non-returning; irreversible
• अनिवर्तिका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिवर्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गतिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• गतिः: course; destination; state
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular feminine

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular

• शिवलोकात्: from Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative singular masculine

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• कदाचन: Sambandha (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat/kshetra (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverside ghāṭa at dusk: pilgrims bathe, then offer dāna; a śrāddha scene with piṇḍa/tarpaṇa near water; night falls and devotees keep vigil in a temple courtyard singing with mṛdaṅga and cymbals before a Śiva-liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Integrated dharma—ritual purity, charity, ancestral rites, vigil, and devotion—leads to steadfast union with Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-tīrtha setting that frames this Adhyāya in the Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, dāna, śrāddha, jāgara (vigil), and gīta-vādya (devotional singing and music).