Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा चैत्रे मासि समाचरेत् । दद्याच्च लवणं विप्रे पूज्य सौभाग्यसुन्दरीम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā caitre māsi samācaret | dadyācca lavaṇaṃ vipre pūjya saubhāgyasundarīm

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ചൈത്രമാസത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് വിധിപൂർവ്വം വ്രതാചരണം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ബ്രാഹ്മണനു ലവണദാനം നൽകി സൗഭാഗ്യസുന്ദരിയെ പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; place-adverb

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive)

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मासनाम), सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समाचरेत्: should perform/observe
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• लवणम्: salt
• लवणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विप्रे: to a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• पूज्य: worthy of worship
• पूज्य: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत्/ण्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्य/ण्यत्-अर्थक कृदन्त (gerundive) used as adjective; (स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन-सम्बन्धः) ‘to be worshipped’

• सौभाग्यसुन्दरीम्: Saubhāgya-sundarī (a goddess/auspicious beauty)
• सौभाग्यसुन्दरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘the beautiful (goddess) of good fortune’

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara) (continuing tīrtha instructions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha-tīrtha (Saubhāgyasundarī-upāsanā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caitra-time riverside: devotee completes snāna, offers a small bowl of salt as dāna to a brāhmaṇa, then worships Saubhāgyasundarī with flowers and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra māsa
• Saubhāgyasundarī
• Brāhmaṇa (vipra)
• Tīrtha (Bhṛgu context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time, place, and offering together shape dharma—seasonal observance at a tīrtha, joined with dāna and Devī-pūjā, brings auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhṛgu-region tīrtha where Saubhāgyasundarī is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Caitra: bathe at the tīrtha, give salt to a brāhmaṇa, and worship Saubhāgyasundarī.