Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सर्वं कोटिगुणं तस्य संख्यातुं वा न शक्यते । एवं ते कथितं सर्वं सर्वतीर्थमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya saṃkhyātuṃ vā na śakyate | evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ sarvatīrthamanuttamam

Translation

അവിടെ അതെല്ലാം കോടിഗുണമായി വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു; അതിനെ എണ്ണിക്കൂട്ടാനും കഴിയില്ല. ഇങ്ങനെ, സർവ്വതീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ അനുത്തമമായ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് എല്ലാം ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• koṭi-guṇam: multiplied a crore-fold
• koṭi-guṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘कोट्या गुणितम्’

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃkhyātum: to count
• saṃkhyātum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-khyā (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive/तुमन्त), क्रियार्थक अव्ययभाव

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• śakyate: is possible
• śakyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (Acc/Dat), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि-भाव; ‘कथितम्’ = told

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• sarva-tīrtham: the supreme/complete pilgrimage-place
• sarva-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘सर्वं (श्रेष्ठं/समस्तं) तीर्थम्’

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual conclusion of the praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes a tīrtha narration, raising a hand in assurance; behind him, symbolic imagery of countless lotuses and a ‘crore-fold’ radiance emanating from the tīrtha waters, suggesting immeasurable merit.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters in Purāṇic dharma: actions done at an exalted tīrtha become immeasurably amplified.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An ‘anuttama’ (unsurpassed) tīrtha on the Revā/Narmadā described in Adhyāya 174.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General tīrtha-dāna and worship—stating that all such acts become koṭi-guṇa (crore-fold) in result.